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Aug. 3, 2023

New Trump indictment might spell trouble for Eastman

“If John Eastman is actually charged and convicted of a felony that involves moral turpitude, then that would be a summary disbarment situation at the California bar,” said Susan L. Margolis of Margolis and Margolis LLP in Los Angeles.

This week’s U.S. Department of Justice indictment of former President Donald Trump could spell bad news for his former California attorney, John Eastman, as state disbarment hearings against him are set to resume, several professional ethics attorneys said Wednesday.

Both Tuesday’s indictment of Trump and the disbarment proceedings against Eastman stem from their attempts to argue that Trump won the 2020 election and claims that their stat...

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