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Amendment grounds.

Mr. Raskin. Well, then, if he's going to assert it, would he assert it so I can hear that?

Mr. Burnham. Certainly.

The Witness. Yes. On advice of counsel, I'm asserting the Fifth.

Mr. Raskin. Okay. So to be clear, you're asserting the Fifth Amendment as to whether or not you were answering -- you're asserting the Fifth as to whether or not you're refusing to answer questions just about all of your actions or also about the ideas that you have about the electoral college. Is that right?

The Witness. And on advice of counsel, yes, I'm asserting the Fifth.

Mr. Raskin. Thank you. I yield back.

  Do any other members have questions?

BY  

Q Dr. Eastman, if you could turn your attention to exhibit 10 in your binder, which has a -- the first page is an email from Jeffrey Clark at the Department of Justice dated December 28th, 2020, and then the next several pages are a draft of a letter to Governor Brian Kemp, Speaker of the House David Ralston, President Pro Tern of the Senate Butch Miller, all of the State of Georgia.

Have you seen this letter before?

A Fifth.

Q Dr. Eastman, did you have any role in drafting this letter?

A Fifth.

Q Dr. Eastman, did you speak to Jeffrey Clark about this letter?

A Fifth.

Q Dr. Eastman, did you speak with anyone else at the Department of Justice