Trump 2020 Lawyer John Eastman Fights California Ethics Case
- State bar regulators want Eastman to lose license to practice
- Eastman contends the ethics case is politically motivated
John Eastman on screen during a House Select Committee hearing.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who helped lead former President Donald Trump’s failed legal strategy to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election, is fighting efforts by California regulators to strip his law license.
In a 112-page court filing, Eastman’s lawyers denied that he had violated attorney ethics rules. They argued that his activities following the 2020 election and the legal advice he gave to Trump were rooted in evidence and legal scholarship.