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John Charles Eastman (born 1960) [1] is an American lawyer and academic. Due to his efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, attempting to keep then-president Donald Trump in office and obstruct the certification of Joe Biden's victory, he has been criminally indicted, [2] ordered inactive by the State Bar of California, and recommended for disbarment. [3]
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 ...
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 first volume contained excerpts of interviews by the House select committee on January 6; the second, social media posts; the third, photos of the signed fake elector certificates and a transcript of the Trump–Raffensperger call; the fourth, John Eastman's memos for a plan for Pence to reject the certification, plus public statements and ...
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.
California lawyer John Eastman had tried to block his emails from being turned over to the Jan. 6 committee, arguing they were privileged communication with his client, the former president.
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 ...