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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAttorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California
This asshole needs to prosecuted and disbarred
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https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/attorney-john-eastman-charged-with-multiple-disciplinary-counts-by-the-state-bar-of-california
The State Bar of Californias Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that Eastman engaged in a course of conduct to plan, promote, and assist then-President Trump in executing a strategy, unsupported by facts or law, to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by obstructing the count of electoral votes of certain states.
Specific charges allege that Eastman made false and misleading statements regarding purported election fraud, including statements on January 6, 2021, at a rally in Washington, D.C., that contributed to provoking a crowd to assault and breach the Capitol to intimidate then-Vice President Pence and prevent the electoral count from proceeding.
The Office of Chief Trial Counsel (OCTC) intends to seek Eastmans disbarment before the State Bar Court.
In March 2022, Cardona invoked a public protection waiver to announce that an investigation of Eastman was underway. Eastman now faces multiple charges that he violated Business and Professions Code section 6106 by making false and misleading statements that constitute acts of moral turpitude, dishonesty, and corruption.
There is nothing more sacrosanct to our American democracy than free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power, said Cardona. For California attorneys, adherence to the U.S. and California Constitutions is their highest legal duty. The Notice of Disciplinary Charges alleges that Mr. Eastman violated this duty in furtherance of an attempt to usurp the will of the American people and overturn election results for the highest office in the landan egregious and unprecedented attack on our democracyfor which he must be held accountable.
As has been widely reported, Eastman drafted two legal memos that laid out proposed strategies to block then-President-elect Joe Biden from taking office by circumventing established procedures for the counting of electoral votes in front of the U.S. Congress and overseen by Vice President Pence. The NDC alleges that the strategies proposed by these memos, as well as in remarks Eastman made publicly and privately to President Trump, Vice President Pence, and others, were unsupported by law, based on false and misleading assertions of fact, and designed for the purpose of keeping Trump in office. The NDC alleges that, after hearing from the U.S. Department of Justice that it had not seen any election fraud on a scale that could have affected the elections outcome, and after multiple courts had rejected election fraud lawsuits, Eastman knew, or should have known, that the factual premise for his proposals―that massive fraud was at play―was false, and that Trump had lost his bid for re-election.
The NDC also alleges that Eastman ignored these truths when he spoke at the Save America March on January 6, 2021, inciting the crowd to take action when, with the intent to convince them that the outcome of the presidential election had been affected by fraud, he said that dead people had voted in the presidential election, that Dominion voting machines had fraudulently manipulated the election results, and that Vice President Pence did not deserve to be in office if he did not delay the counting of electoral votes. These statements contributed to provoking the crowd that participated in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that occurred after the rally.
Specific charges allege that Eastman made false and misleading statements regarding purported election fraud, including statements on January 6, 2021, at a rally in Washington, D.C., that contributed to provoking a crowd to assault and breach the Capitol to intimidate then-Vice President Pence and prevent the electoral count from proceeding.
The Office of Chief Trial Counsel (OCTC) intends to seek Eastmans disbarment before the State Bar Court.
In March 2022, Cardona invoked a public protection waiver to announce that an investigation of Eastman was underway. Eastman now faces multiple charges that he violated Business and Professions Code section 6106 by making false and misleading statements that constitute acts of moral turpitude, dishonesty, and corruption.
There is nothing more sacrosanct to our American democracy than free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power, said Cardona. For California attorneys, adherence to the U.S. and California Constitutions is their highest legal duty. The Notice of Disciplinary Charges alleges that Mr. Eastman violated this duty in furtherance of an attempt to usurp the will of the American people and overturn election results for the highest office in the landan egregious and unprecedented attack on our democracyfor which he must be held accountable.
As has been widely reported, Eastman drafted two legal memos that laid out proposed strategies to block then-President-elect Joe Biden from taking office by circumventing established procedures for the counting of electoral votes in front of the U.S. Congress and overseen by Vice President Pence. The NDC alleges that the strategies proposed by these memos, as well as in remarks Eastman made publicly and privately to President Trump, Vice President Pence, and others, were unsupported by law, based on false and misleading assertions of fact, and designed for the purpose of keeping Trump in office. The NDC alleges that, after hearing from the U.S. Department of Justice that it had not seen any election fraud on a scale that could have affected the elections outcome, and after multiple courts had rejected election fraud lawsuits, Eastman knew, or should have known, that the factual premise for his proposals―that massive fraud was at play―was false, and that Trump had lost his bid for re-election.
The NDC also alleges that Eastman ignored these truths when he spoke at the Save America March on January 6, 2021, inciting the crowd to take action when, with the intent to convince them that the outcome of the presidential election had been affected by fraud, he said that dead people had voted in the presidential election, that Dominion voting machines had fraudulently manipulated the election results, and that Vice President Pence did not deserve to be in office if he did not delay the counting of electoral votes. These statements contributed to provoking the crowd that participated in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that occurred after the rally.
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Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2023
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Calif. seeks to disbar Trump adviser John Eastman for role in subverting election
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2023
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Frasier Balzov
(2,647 posts)1. Finally. Why all the foot dragging?
Come on California State Bar, you need to fumigate.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,231 posts)2. Calif. seeks to disbar Trump adviser John Eastman for role in subverting election
Eastman will not need his law license in prison.
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/26/eastman-trump-disbar-california/
The State Bar of California intends to seek the disbarment of former president Donald Trumps election attorney John Eastman for his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
In a statement, the office of California Bars Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona said Eastman faces 11 disciplinary charges, all arising from allegations that he was behind Trumps plan to obstruct the count of electoral votes.
Per the statement, Eastman is accused of making false and misleading statements regarding alleged election fraud including claims he made at a rally at the Ellipse outside the White House that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the explanation of the charges, the California Bar directly connects Eastmans speech to the insurrection, saying he contributed to provoking a crowd to assault and breach the Capitol to intimidate then-Vice President [Mike] Pence and prevent the electoral count from proceeding......
Eastman has been dubbed the architect of Trumps plot to steal the 2020 election. He wrote an infamous memo that laid out several ways in which Pence could facilitate not certifying Joe Bidens victory. The former law professor at Chapman Universitys School of Law, who is an active member of the Federalist Society, argued that Pence could reject electors from states won by Biden......
In its disciplinary notice, the California Bar concludes that Eastman knew, or should have known, that the factual premise for his proposals―that massive fraud was at play ― was false, and that Trump had lost his bid for re-election. Cardonas office also alleges that Eastman chose to ignore these facts when he spoke at the Jan. 6 rally.
In the 35-page notice, California Bars supervising attorney Duncan Carling wrote that, from on or about Dec. 9, 2020, until at least Jan. 6, 2021, Eastman continued to work with Trump and others to promote the idea that the outcome of the election was in question and had been stolen from Trump as the result of fraud, disregard of state election law, and misconduct by election officials.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,231 posts)3. Prosecute and disbar this embarrassment to the legal profession