Judge recommends John Eastman, facing 11 disciplinary charges, lose his California law license over efforts to keep Trump in power
Eastman, a former law school dean, faces 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his development of a legal strategy to have then vice president Mike Pence interfere with the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.judge Yvette Roland’s recommendation, issued Wednesday, now goes to the California supreme court for a final ruling on whether he should be disbarred. Eastman can appeal the top court’s decision.
Eastman separately faces criminal charges in Georgia in the case accusing the former president and 18 allies of conspiring to overturn the Republican’s loss in the state. Eastman, who has pleaded not guilty, has argued he was merely doing his job as Trump’s attorney when he challenged the results of the 2020 election. He has denounced the case as targeting attorneys “for their zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients”.
Eastman was a close adviser to Trump in the run-up to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. He wrote a memo laying out a plan for Pence to reject legitimate electoral votes for Biden while presiding over the joint session of Congress on January 6 in order to keep Trump in the White House.
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