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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 20, 2025

John Eastman appeals judge's disbarment recommendation

John Eastman appeals a judge's disbarment recommendation, defending his 2020 election fraud inquiries as constitutionally valid, while the State Bar accuses him of deceit to obstruct the electoral count.

John Eastman appeals judge's disbarment recommendation
John Eastman and Randall A. Miller

John Eastman, the former attorney to President Donald Trump and dean of Fowler School of Law, appealed a judge's recommendation for his disbarment on Wednesday, arguing that he had a factual basis for questioning the integrity of the 2020 presidential election when he encouraged former Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the results.

"To sit here and listen to them say that there was absolutely not a single ballot or evidence of fraud is just patently false," Ea...

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