State Bar & Bar Associations
Sep. 6, 2023
Eastman waived 5th Amendment, State Bar judge says
Former President Trump’s lawyer, John Eastman, can fight criminal and bar discipline trials at same time, judge says
A State Bar Court judge on Tuesday shot down a last-ditch attempt by counsel for President Donald Trump’s former attorney, John C. Eastman, to abate disbarment proceedings accusing him of making false statements about the 2020 presidential election that allegedly helped incite a riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Eastman took the stand after Judge Yvette D. Roland ruled that he waived his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination ...
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