Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A California judge recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election on Wednesday.

State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 counts filed by the California State Bar last year. The state bar sought to strip Eastman’s license to practice law in the state over “false and misleading statements” about purported election fraud and his role in “provoking” the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

“It is recommended that John Charles Eastman, State Bar Number 193726, be disbarred from the practice of law in California and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys,” Roland wrote.

Eastman can appeal Wednesday’s ruling, and the case could ultimately end up before the California Supreme Court.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4560409-judge-rules-john-eastman-should-be-disbarred-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election/

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Just breaking.

Good.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. In a 128-page decision following lengthy trial proceedings, a California court recommends John Eastman be disbarred.

I am so glad that this asshole will soon no longer be a member of the bar

Link to tweet

[MissMillie]

4. He'll end up at some law school

teaching young folks how to be corrupt.

Unfortunately

[NanaCat]

14. Law schools have hiring committees

And they all tend to be quite serious about ethical standards that professor applicants must meet. They expect law professors to be good models for students, and disbarred lawyers are anything but that.

So right up there at the top of qualifying as a good role model is 'being a lawyer in good standing,' and by that they mean either a current member of the bar in good standing, or a lawyer who retired in good standing.

I suppose some of the iffier law schools might hire a disbarred attorney in some rare cases, but the good ones? Not at all.

The only places I can see hiring him are a fundie college--Regent, Liberty, etc. And even they would probably balk at it.

[Botany]

3. But he is such a smooth lawyer,

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=Eastman%27s+phone+seized+&&mid=BD326A59043946B574FEBD326A59043946B574FE&&FORM=VRDGAR

Well John as they say, FAFO.

[onetexan]

5. Anybody know how many lawyers have had their license revoked so far due to their entanglements with the Con?

Hope this serves as a good reminder for other lawyers so keen to follow this crooked man off a cliff.

[Brother Buzz]

10. I lost my scorecard, but it looks like Jeff Clark may be the next one

[onetexan]

16. Thanks. Certainly hope Clark will get his license removed as well.

[Brother Buzz]

17. He's in the hot seat and it's going south

Election denier who Trump wanted to take over DOJ invokes the 5th in disbarment hearing

Jeffrey Clark, an environmental lawyer who nearly became acting attorney general days before the Jan. 6 attack, repeatedly asserted privilege during a disciplinary hearing.

March 27, 2024, 2:13 PM PDT
By Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — An environmental lawyer whom Donald Trump wanted to take over the Justice Department in the days before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a disbarment hearing Wednesday.

Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department civil lawyer with no criminal law experience, had wanted to investigate a conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen, including via smart thermostats. Just hours before the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump nearly made Clark the acting attorney general but backed off when Justice Department leadership threatened to resign en masse.

Federal authorities searched Clark's home in June 2022, and he now faces criminal charges in Georgia in the state racketeering case against Trump and others. Clark surrendered to authorities in that case in August and pleaded not guilty. He is also unindicted co-conspirator No. 4 in the federal election interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against Trump.

Clark briefly testified during a disciplinary hearing unfolding this week before the Ad Hoc Hearing Committee for the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility, which is deciding whether he should lose his bar license for his involvement in attempts to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss. The case was initiated in 2022 by the D.C. Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel and has been held up in litigation for nearly two years.

-more-

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/election-denier-trump-wanted-take-doj-pleads-5th-disbarment-hearing-rcna145341

[sinkingfeeling]

6. So we wait another 2 or 3 years.

[republianmushroom]

7. Thank you, judge.

[PortTack]

8. Good news!!

[getagrip_already]

9. so sad, too bad, anyway - tomorrow's thursday

And that should mean something.

[Jarqui]

11. Hopefully, it doesn't give Trump an out with

bad legal advice ..

With lawyers like Eastman, Giuliani, Powell, Ellis, Clark, etc around Trump, they might be able to make a legal debate about that.

[Hekate]

12. Excellent news indeed

[Kennah]

13. Clarifying something

Does disbarred mean they remove a piece of rebar from his skull?

[jmowreader]

15. Yeah, basically in this case

For most lawyers it means "revocation of license to practice law"...but in Eastman's case, there's something seriously wrong with that young man.

[maxsolomon]

18. Only took a little over 3 years.

Justice sure grinds slowly.

[MissMillie]

19. Here's a link w/ no paywall

https://archive.is/2024.03.28-192046/https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-judge-rules-that-republican-brian-k-pritchard-voted-illegally/M4A27QQNQJDW7MTI66MRF5B4EQ/

[Hikerchick57]

20. Excellent, he's disgusting.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Eastman's official status with the California bar has been updated to reflect his inability to practice law in Calif

Link to tweet