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With disbarment decision, John Eastman's downfall continues
California bar proceedings deliver another blow to election denialism

By Austin Sarat - Neil Goteiner
Published June 18, 2025 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Friday, June 13, was a truly unlucky day for John Eastman, a key architect of President Trump’s plot to disrupt the results of the 2020 presidential election. A California appellate court, charged with reviewing recommendations to discipline lawyers in that state, affirmed the findings of a trial judge and recommended that Eastman “be disbarred from the practice of law in California and that Eastman’s name be stricken from the roll of attorneys.”

The judges found that his work on the 2020 election case was shoddy and deceptive. “Disbarment,” they said, “is necessary to protect the public, the courts, and the legal profession.”

For any lawyer, this is a professional death sentence. But the court’s decision is not only a devastating blow to Eastman but also to the Trumpist myth that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

That lie drove MAGA’s 2024 election efforts and still animates Trump's speeches, including the one he recently gave to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C. It is also embraced by the heads of the Justice Department and the FBI, as well as by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. .......................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/18/with-disbarment-decision-john-eastmans-downfall-continues/