John Eastman, a former Trump lawyer who helped design the plan to overturn the 2020 election, drops lawsuit blocking his phone records from Jan. 6 committee

John Eastman testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013.Charles Dharapak/AP
John Eastman dropped a lawsuit he filed to prevent the Jan. 6 committee from accessing his phone records.
The former Trump lawyer's phone was seized by federal agents on June 22. 
In the court document, Eastman's lawyer said he'd sought to protect privileged conversations.  
In a late Tuesday filing, John Eastman dropped a lawsuit he'd f