'Justice is coming': Internet cheers as California State Bar recommends disbarment for ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman over 2020 election role

The filing by Judge Yvette D Roland said, 'Eastman's wrongdoing was committed directly in the scope of his representation of President Trump'
PUBLISHED MAR 28, 2024
California State Bar suggested disbarring Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman's law practice license over his role in the 2020 election fraud claims (Getty Images, Jason Getz-Pool/Getty Images)
California State Bar suggested disbarring Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman's law practice license over his role in the 2020 election fraud claims (Getty Images, Jason Getz-Pool/Getty Images)

SAN FRANSISCO, CALIFORNIA: The California State Bar recommended disbarring former Trump lawyer John Eastman over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results supporting ex-president Donald Trump's false claims, reported ABC News.

In January 2023, the State Bar charged the ex-Trump attorney with multiple disciplinary counts based on accusations that he 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."

The filing by State Bar Court Judge Yvette D Roland on Wednesday, March 27, said, "Eastman's wrongdoing was committed directly in the course and scope of his representation of President Trump and the Trump Campaign."

Stating his actions after the 2020 election "transgressed those ethical limits by advocating, participating in and pursuing a strategy to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election that lacked evidentiary or legal support," she added, "In view of the circumstances surrounding Eastman's misconduct and balancing the aggravation and mitigation, the court recommends that Eastman be disbarred."

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JULY 24: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Rally To Protect Ou
Former President Donald Trump continues to claim the 2020 election was rigged (Getty Images)

According to CNN, the attorney's license to practice law will cease within days because the court's recommendation would involuntarily cancel it.

Judge criticized John Eastman's lack of guilt

In her filing, Judge Roland also called out Eastman's lack of remorse and denial of admitting ethical lapses in the matter.

She wrote the former Trump attorney displayed an "unwillingness to acknowledge ethical lapses regarding his actions, demonstrating an apparent inability to accept responsibility," and his lack of guilt "presents a significant risk that Eastman may engage in further unethical conduct, compounding the threat to the public."

Investigators for the California bar claimed that the memos Eastman drafted included "demonstrably false and misleading statements" that were later used in "legal strategies" to have then-Vice President Mike Pence interfere in the certification of the 2020 election that President Joe Biden won.

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 04: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a rally in support of Sen. D
Then-Vice President Mike Pence did not interfere in certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory despite Donald Trump's false claims (Getty Images)

The disbarment process that started in June 2023 included testimony from Greg Jacob, Pence's legal counsel, state election officials across different states, and two experts whom the ex-Trump lawyer sought help for his false election fraud claims.

Eastman is also a co-defendant in the indictment against Trump brought by special counsel Jack Smith and the criminal election subversion case in Georgia.

In a statement to ABC News, Eastman's lawyer, Randall Miller, denied the California State Bar's recommendation. "The process undertaken by Dr. Eastman in 2020 is the same process taken by lawyers every day and everywhere -- indeed, that is the essence of what lawyers do. To the extent today's decision curtails that principle, we are confident the Review Court will swiftly provide a remedy," he said.

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Joe Biden entered the White House in January 2021, irrespective of his predecessor's baseless election fraud claims (Getty Images)

Internet celebrates

Netizens expressed their happiness over the rather late judgment and claimed the action against Eastman would be only the beginning.

One user said, "Slowly, step by painfully slow step, justice is coming for all of them."



 

"Good news and this is just the beginning! Expect more to come!" another user remarked.



 

A third individual added, "We are LOVING the Find Out part of the CRIMINAL CONSPIRACIES. More of this PLEASE."



 

"Step one of the justice we deserve. Bar this lying conspirator and indict everyone else, from top to bottom," someone else chimed in.



 

A user response read, "The wheels of justice grind slowly. Finally!!"



 

"Good news! It was Rona McDaniel and now John Eastman, what a good week," a person wrote. While another user shared the happiness through a meme.



 



 

Someone else wrote, "Best news this year!!! Accountability is all I’m asking for. This is HUGE!!!"



 

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