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On January 7, 2021, Eastman edited this Wikipedia article to portray his post-election activities in a more favorable light, in violation of Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines. His edits were reverted, and on January 9 he appealed on the article's talk page, where some changes were approved but others were denied. [131]
John Eastman's service to Donald Trump has included a role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, mapping out the theory behind ending birthright citizenship — and brought him to the verge of disbarment.
The Eastman memos, also known as the "coup memo", [6] [7] are documents by John Eastman, an American law professor retained by then-President Donald Trump, advancing the fringe legal theory that a U.S. Vice President has unilateral authority to reject certified state electors. This would have the effect of nullifying an election in order to ...
This scheme was defended by a fringe legal theory developed by Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and John Eastman, detailed in the Eastman memos, which claimed a vice president has the constitutional discretion to swap official electors with an alternate slate during the certification process, thus changing the outcome of the electoral college ...
In a recent interview with The Times, Eastman said he expects his legal bills — from the bar trial, the Georgia indictment and other election-related troubles — will cost $3 million to $3.5 ...
The film, The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare of Justice, profiles lawyer John Eastman, who helped Donald Trump formulate an unprecedented, illegal plan to use Congress and the vice-president to overturn ...
The lawyer John Eastman was also referred for two of those same charges: obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. [80] On December 28, 2022, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said that, for those two charges, prosecutors must show that the perpetrators had "corrupt intent" and "knowledge of fraud ...
The former Trump advisor could lose his California law license. One expert calls it a 'high-stakes' proceeding for the bar after the Tom Girardi scandal.