The law of seditious libel When British settlers arrived on the American
continent in the early 1600s, they brought with them many beliefs, customs, and
pursuits.





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Dear Patriot,


When British settlers arrived on the American continent in the early 1600s,
they brought with them many beliefs, customs, and pursuits. As the colonies
became established and grew, so, too, did America’s nascent system of justice
become established, owing its foundation in large part to British common law.

But many of the laws originating in the British system did not sit well with
American colonizers because, on their face, they ran afoul of the very
principles of liberty that drove the settlers to leave Britain and colonize
America in the first instance.

The law of seditious libel was just such a law. Seditious libel in the British
system was designed to protect the Crown and the government from criticism or
statements that provoked dissatisfaction. Under such a scheme, truth was not a
defense to a charge of libel. Thus, a statement that damaged the government or
a government official – even if true – would result in a conviction. Indeed,
the maxim invoked by the law of seditious libel was, “the greater the truth,
the greater the libel.”

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Sadly, and quite unbelievably, we find our nation today once again having to
fend off discredited, tyrannical legal theories being advanced by government
officials and lawfare radicals who seem bent on resurrecting the law of
seditious libel. It is a concept at the heart of my indictments in Georgia and
Arizona, my disbarment in California and the targeting of me by Special Counsel
Jack Smith as an unindicted co-conspirator in his federal case against former
President Trump.

As was the case in the 1700s, truth is not a defense. In representing
President Trump to bring forth concerns about potential illegalities and
improprieties in the 2020 presidential election contest, those in power at the
Department of Justice and various Democrat prosecution offices have determined
that my “crimes” are greater because the truth I spoke in public and in legal
filings was greater.

And so, they have come after me with charges of conspiracy, election
interference, orchestrating a corrupt enterprise, lying, impersonating a public
official, forgery, tampering with a public record and other offenses.

So far, truth has not been a useful defense. My legal team brought forth the
truth of my representation of President Trump in the California disbarment
trial – likely the longest and most expensive in history. Much of this truth
was blocked from coming into evidence because of objections from the
prosecution. What was admitted was largely rejected by the judge in her ruling
recommending that I be disbarred.

My team is appealing, but to a significant extent the case has already had a
major effect because I can no longer practice law in California while I appeal.

It also has contributed to the over $1 million in legal fees I’ve been forced
to endure, and the more than $2 million in additional expenses I am facing
going forward.I need your immediate financial support
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determined to ruin me and effectively reimpose seditious libel laws against
conservatives.Please give generously
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One of the first instances of a government official in America seeking to
apply the law of seditious libel against a colonizer occurred in 1735 when a
publisher, John Peter Zenger, published articles critical of New York’s
governor, William Cosby, who had been appointed to office by Britain’s King
George II. As Zenger’s trial approached, Cosby hand-picked two judges who
determined that Zenger’s statements were libelous. The only issue for the jury
to decide was whether Zenger had published the statements, a fact that he had
admitted.

Zenger was defended by Alexander Hamilton, one of the colony’s foremost
lawyers. The jurors, naturally, were all colonists like Zenger. It turned out
that few if any of them were in favor of a tyrannical law that protected the
government from critical statements. And so, in a shocking result, the jury
acquitted Zenger of the charges.

The Zenger trial helped give rise to the concept of freedom of the press, but
it did not put an end to the use of seditious libel. Indeed, it was
incorporated into two laws in the early 1900s, the Sedition Act and the
Espionage Act, and was used to punish protestors speaking out against World War
I. One of those, Socialist Eugene Debs, was convicted under the Sedition Act
and forced to run his 1920 presidential campaign on behalf of the Socialist
Party from his prison cell.

Does that remind you of anything today?

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The greater the truth, the greater the libel. That is the proposition that
prosecutors like Fani Willis in Georgia and Kris Mayes in Arizona hope to
establish in their upcoming trials against me.

They are counting on partisan politics and Anti-Trump sentiment carrying the
day. I am counting on the truth emerging. And I am praying for American
patriots to be jurors with the same courage of those who acquitted John Peter
Zenger back in 1735.

The truth should set one free, and the truth is on my side.

Free speech is priceless, but it is not free. In my case, speaking truth to
power in speeches and legal filings has cost me well over $1 million in legal
fees, and I’m looking at an additional $2 million or more in expenses before
all is said and done.

I am being prevented by the California State Bar judge from practicing law in
California while I appeal her disbarment recommendation and thus cannot earn
income as a lawyer to contribute to my own defense. It is my urgent hope and
prayer that people of goodwill like you will step forward with a generous
emergency financial donation
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to my defense fund.

Your emergency donation
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to my legal defense fund is urgently needed if I am to have the resources
needed to fight. Please consider a donation today of whatever you are able to
do –$50
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The American founding was a movement driven by a thirst for freedom and
liberty, and a determination to put an end to government tyranny. The law of
seditious libel is an artifact of tyrannical rule designed to protect the
powerful from criticism. It had no legitimate place in American law in 1735
when patriotic jurors ignored the demands of King George’s hand-picked governor
of New York to orchestrate the conviction of a critic, and it should have no
place today as a tool of the lawfare left to punish conservatives like me who
challenge the powerful and the ruling class to insist that American elections
be conducted according to the law and our Constitution.

Thank you for your friendship and prayers. My family and I will be extremely
grateful for anyfinancial help
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you can provide as we work to defend my reputation, and fight to restore the
rule of law to our national life.





Sincerely,



John C. Eastman

Constitutional Scholar

Former Attorney for President Donald Trump








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