John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
John Eastman, a former attorney for former president Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges related to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. Eastman is among over a dozen Trump allies who were charged in the state last month, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Eastman, who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the election, is the first […]
A judge in California turned down an urgent plea Wednesday from John Eastman — an architect of Donald Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election — to allow him to keep practicing law while he fights an effort to permanently revoke his license. Judge Yvette Roland recommended Eastman’s disbarment in March after finding he repeatedly […]
A judge recommended Wednesday that John Eastman, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, be disbarred in California. “In view of the circumstances surrounding Eastman’s misconduct and balancing the aggravation and mitigation, the court recommends that Eastman be disbarred,” wrote Judge Yvette D. Roland of the State Bar Court’s Hearing Department […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faces 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his development of a legal […]
John Eastman, the former Orange County law school dean who helped forge Donald Trump’s legal strategy for retaining power after losing his 2020 presidential bid, should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Yvette Roland’s recommendation to yank the 63-year-old Eastman’s license to practice law in California will go to the state […]
By David Thomas (Reuters) – A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a former personal lawyer to Trump who is now his co-defendant in the Georgia […]