'I’m sure Trump will compensate him': Experts praise John Eastman’s disbarment ruling
California State Bar Judge Yvette Roland on Wednesday ruled that former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman violated ethics rules when he helped to orchestrate the ex-president's ploy to overturn the 2020 election, Politico reports.
Per the report, "Though Eastman may appeal Roland’s decision, including to the state Supreme Court, the ruling forces his law license into 'inactive' status while any review is pending, meaning he can no longer practice law in California."
Brookings Governance senior fellow and States United Democracy Center co-founder Norm Eisen shared the news via X (formerly Twitter), writing, "The CA Bar just delivered an important 2020 accountability outcome – recommending John Eastman for permanent disbarment. Kudos to our team @statesunited who filed the initial ethics complaint against him in 2021, along with me & dozens of bipartisan signers."
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Adam Klasfeld reported, "A blistering line from John Eastman's disbarment recommendation: The Bar finds that the 'scale and egregiousness' of Eastman’s 'unethical actions far surpasses the misconduct' by Nixon henchman Donald Segretti, who coined the word 'ratf***ing' for political dirty tricks."
CNN's Zachary Cohen noted, "All signs pointed to this being the decision. Eastman has still avoided criminal charges except for in Georgia."
Former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Renato Mariotti commented, "One of Donald Trump’s lawyers will no longer be a lawyer. It is rare for lawyers to be disbarred for acts of moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption. But Eastman’s legal advice — to overturn an election and subvert our democracy — were unprecedented."
Jim Roberts, publisher at The 74, wrote, "Good."
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Mother Jones DC Bureau Chief David Corn said, "I’m sure Trump will compensate him."
MSNBC's Katie Phang wrote, "Taking away the ability for Trump to abuse the legal system with the help of (disbarred-) lawyers like Eastman and Jeff Clark is critical to protecting our democracy."
Environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark, who the former president wanted to take over the Justice Department in the days before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a disbarment hearing Wednesday," according to NBC News.
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