The ruling by Judge Yvette Roland recommending John Eastman's disbarment will go to the California Supreme Court to be officially adopted or rejected. Eastman can appeal the ruling at that point. But if the Supreme Court takes to heart Roland's findings, it seems very unlikely he'll be able to practice law in California again. The judge ruled he didn't just violate ethics rules but possibly criminal law, too, by trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Politico reported.
More from Politico:
Eastman testified for hours during his trial, claiming that he relied on a cadre of statisticians and data analysts to conclude that the 2020 election was rife with misconduct and that state legislatures in a handful of swing states should step in to replace Joe Biden’s electors with Trump’s.
But Roland said those analysts’ claims were easily refuted by expert testimony and Eastman should have known better than to rely on them.
In addition, Roland concluded that Eastman stretched and contorted even his own outlier theories to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to single-handedly block Joe Biden’s victory, even when no state legislatures had signed onto the effort.
Eastman still has a license to practice law in Washington, D.C., at least for now. But he has more serious legal troubles ahead.
Via the Los Angeles Times:
Eastman, the former dean of Chapman University’s law school, still has a license to practice law in Washington, D.C. He has been indicted, along with Trump and 17 others, in Fulton County, Ga., for election-related schemes. Eastman has vowed to fight the charges. Four of his co-defendants — including attorneys Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell — have pleaded guilty.
Eastman, a resident of New Mexico, is also an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal election interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Eastman repeatedly invoked his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination when he appeared before the House Jan. 6 committee, which recommended that the Department of Justice consider prosecuting him. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that Eastman “more likely than not” broke the law in connection with the 2020 election.
May he face repercussions for every one of his transgressions.
