The State Bar of California’s (SBC) Review Department upheld the bar disciplinary judge’s decision to disbar John Eastman, President Donald Trump’s former attorney.
Eastman was disbarred for representing Trump in his legal challenges related to the 2020 election. The court agreed with California Bar Disciplinary Judge Yvette Roland, who has a history of donating to Democrats while serving on the bench, that Eastman was guilty of numerous counts of “moral turpitude,” a broad, vague attorney ethics rule typically used to target conservatives.
Roland found Eastman culpable on 10 of 11 counts brought by the SBC, a decision with which the higher court agreed.
The 3-judge panel, which heard oral arguments in March, declared Eastman, whose resume is over 100 pages long, is an attorney who “attempts to actively undermine the results of an election to the most powerful office in the United States with the goal of delaying or invalidating the lawful installation of his client’s electoral opponent and thereby keep his client in office.”
The other counts against Eastman were “failing to support the Constitution and laws of the United States” and two counts of “seeking to mislead a court.”