The disbarment trial of Donald Trump’s attorney and constitutional legal scholar John Eastman began its sixth week on Tuesday, featuring more testimony from Berkeley constitutional law professor John Woo. The trial moved into the second half a couple of weeks ago, where Eastman’s team presents his side of the case. His attorney Randy Miller brought Woo back to contradict the testimony of the State Bar of California’s star witness, Matthew Seligman.
California Disciplinary Court Judge Yvette Roland, who donated to Democrats while serving on the bench, appeared to be a bit lost shortly after beginning Tuesday’s proceedings, asking Miller, “We’re in the midst of your case in chief right?” Shortly after that, the California bar’s attorney Duncan Carling told Roland that Yoo never claimed that there were dueling sets of electors in the 2020 election, which she did not remember.
Roland spent a lengthy amount of time debating back and forth with Miller on how much Woo would be permitted to testify about. Roland’s position was that since Woo admitted he hadn’t paid close attention to the 2020 presidential election, he should not be able to discuss specifically whether or not Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to reject or delay certification of electors from disputed states. She said regarding Woo, who is considered one of the preeminent constitutional legal scholars in the country like Eastman, “There were a few issues where Professor Yoo was all over the place.” She added later, “His testimony is anything but solid on some of these issues.”
Roland finally agreed to let Woo testify about postponing the acceptance of electoral slates, since he had already testified about the topic, but would not let him testify about rejecting them.