John Eastman begs right-wing evangelicals to pay legal bills in fight against 'pure evil'

A co-defendant in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election racketeering case this week begged right-wing evangelicals to help him pay mounting legal fees by arguing he's fighting "pure evil," according to a new report.

Pro-Trump attorney John Eastman, a former law professor at Chapman University, was a featured speaker Monday night in an online event hosted by the Salt and Light Council, according to the research group Right Wing Watch.

"We have to understand that we are dealing with pure evil," Eastman said of his political opponents. "They don’t consider destroying our country as collateral damage for their overall mission, they consider that icing on the cake for their overall mission."

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Eastman was the author of an infamous memo detailing steps then-Vice President Mike Pence could take to keep Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. That document has since been criticized as "a blueprint for a coup."

According to Right Wing Watch, Eastman told listeners Monday he was making "a heroic stand for truth and against tyranny, as he did last fall while fighting efforts by the California Bar Association to have him disbarred."

Eastman also promoted his Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo, which has received more than than $630,000 to support his legal defense fund, according to reporter Peter Montgomery.

"He said he’s 'about a million in the hole beyond that right now,' adding that he thinks his total legal costs will run between $3 million and $3.5 million," the report notes.

Eastman was one of 19 people indicted in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election racketeering case. Three lawyers who advised Trump after the 2020 election — Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and Kenneth Chesebro — accepted plea deals in exchange for testimony.