President Trumps 2020 election attorney John Eastman has now been officially stripped of his law license in California, cementing the states long-running effort to punish one of the most prominent legal critics of the 2020 election.
The California Supreme Court upheld Eastmans disbarment, ending a two-year battle with the State Bar that began after his work on election challenges in Georgia and elsewhere. According to Gateway Pundit, the ruling follows a sustained campaign by legal and political opponents who have sought to criminalize and professionally destroy those who questioned the conduct and outcome of the 2020 race.
CBS News reported that John Eastman, Chapman Law Schools former dean, lost his law license after he allegedly helped President Trump try to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. The courts decision came two years after the State Bar found him culpable on 10 disciplinary counts, asserting that he engaged in misconduct by allegedly assisting President Trump in efforts to contest the Georgia results.
State Bar Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona claimed, After extensive proceedings before the State Bar Courts Hearing and Review Departments, both of which found Mr. Eastman culpable of serious ethical violations, the Court has imposed the discipline warranted by the clear and convincing evidence that he advanced false claims about the 2020 presidential election to mislead courts, public officials, and the American public. Eastman, however, has consistently maintained that his legal theories were grounded in constitutional analysis and that robust advocacy on election integrity is being recast as undermining democracy to silence dissent.
Eastman was first ordered disbarred in April 2024 after a judge ruled he should lose his license for challenging the 2020 election, prompting him to ask a California judge to pause the ruling due to massive legal fees. He faced disbarment in California for undermining democracy by trying to overturn the presidential election, language that underscores how partisan narratives have seeped into what should be neutral professional standards.
The pressure on Eastman has extended far beyond the bar proceedings, as the January 6 Committee sent the feds after John Eastman because he dared to take action against the Democrats and their massive election fraud operation in 2020. In June 2022, John Eastman was exiting a restaurant with his wife and friend in New Mexico when FBI agents ambushed him and forced him to unlock his phone, after which the federal agents then took Eastmans iPhone 12 Pro.
Eastmans legal jeopardy also includes criminal charges in Georgia, where District Attorney Fani Willis indicted him on a sweeping racketeering theory. He was charged with counts 1-2 (RICO and Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer), 9 (Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer), 11 (Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree), 13 (Conspiracy to Commit False Statements), 15 (Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents), 17 (Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree), 19 (Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings), 27 (Filing False Documents).
On Wednesday, two years after Eastman challenged his disbarment, the California Supreme Court affirmed he lost his law license, signaling that in blue states the price for defending President Trump and questioning election procedures can be professional ruin. For conservatives concerned about due process and free speech in the legal arena, Eastmans case stands as a stark warning of how far the left is willing to go to make examples of those who contest their power.
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