Mark Fitzgibbons, a First Amendment attorney, said he was skeptical about the merits of the trial. “‘They’ want him punished not for any Bar violation, but for articulating credible legal bases of election fraud, illegalities, and irregularities, hence the reason to question the legitimacy of the Biden presidency,” he tweeted. ‘They’ want to whitewash reality.” The Arizona Sun Times reached out to Fitzgibbons for further comment and he responded, “They want to intimidate lawyers so they don’t work for MAGA or conservative candidates and causes.”
When SBC attorney Duncan Carling asked Eastman about remarks he’d made stating there was election fraud, Eastman did not try to back away from them. In one of his pleadings, Eastman said there was “ample fraud and illegality” in four states during the 2020 election.
Carling asked Eastman about previous statements he’d made suggesting that ballots could be disqualified in Wisconsin since they were turned into a “Democracy in the Park” event, violating the law. Carling asked Eastman if it was voter fraud, prompting Eastman to explain the differences between voter fraud, election fraud, and illegal activity. He said voter fraud refers to when a voter does something illegal with their ballot, election fraud generally refers to when officials violate election law, and illegal activity doesn’t necessarily mean either. Carling repeatedly tried to get Eastman to admit that certain actions Eastman had questioned were voter fraud, but Eastman painstakingly pointed out that was the incorrect terminology.
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