more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be wild chaos on january 6th unless they rule by then either way. this was about two weeks before january 6. the times says this raises questions about a possible link to the idea of the violence that ultimately took place. cnn s katelyn polantz live in washington. explain to us about these revelations involved in all of these emails. reporter: hi. so this new story from the new york times describes emails between two lawyers who were working with donald trump and the trump campaign after the election. they appear to reveal that one lawyer, john eastman, he is well connected among conservatives, former supreme court clerk, that east man had insight into the internal deliberations of the supreme court and another lawyer was using that information with him to look at ramping up their legal battle with an expectation of chaos on january 6. so in these emails the new york times says that eastman on christmas eve