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(180,559 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:09 PM 23 hrs ago

John Eastman disbarred in California over efforts to overturn 2020 election

It took long enough to disbar this asshole

John Eastman disbarred in California over efforts to overturn 2020 election #TheHill
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-15T22:14:44.000Z

https://thehill.com/homenews/5833287-john-eastman-disbarred-california/

John Eastman, a lawyer who spearheaded efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in President Trump’s favor, has been formally disbarred in California

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review his appeal of a lower court’s recommendation to strip him of his law license, instead ordering his disbarment.

“The court orders that John Charles Eastman…is disbarred from the practice of law in California and that Respondent’s name is stricken from the roll of attorneys,” reads a terse order on the docket of Eastman’s case.

The state’s highest court also ordered Eastman to pay a $5,000 sanction to the State Bar of California Client Security Fund.

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John Eastman disbarred in California over efforts to overturn 2020 election (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago OP

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #1

Here comes the sun struggle4progress 23 hrs ago #2

Good 👍 MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #3

Weird. moondust 23 hrs ago #4

Not just weirdness around Eastman canetoad 23 hrs ago #6

Does this mean no other Bar will license him? SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #5

Good. Well deserved accountability. brer cat 23 hrs ago #7

MaddowBlog-Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #8

MAGA loses it as Trump-aligned attorney disbarred: 'Clear and terrorizing message!' LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #9

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. This made me smile

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:11 PM

23 hrs ago

Link to tweet

struggle4progress

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2. Here comes the sun

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:16 PM

23 hrs ago

MustLoveBeagles

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3. Good 👍

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:19 PM

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moondust

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4. Weird.

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:33 PM

23 hrs ago

Eastman gets disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election while his "leader" in those efforts apparently gets re-elected by the voters and returns to the White House to again become the "most powerful person in the world" where he pardons thousands of their seditious accomplices.

canetoad

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6. Not just weirdness around Eastman

Reply to moondust (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:42 PM

23 hrs ago

A few of the co-accused in the Georgia election tampering case pleaded guilty. Jenna Ellis, can't remember the rest. What happened to the guilty pleas? Forgotten?

SheltieLover

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5. Does this mean no other Bar will license him?

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:36 PM

23 hrs ago

brer cat

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7. Good. Well deserved accountability.

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:55 PM

23 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

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8. MaddowBlog-Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:59 AM

9 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)

For the attorneys who helped fuel the president’s efforts to remain in office, the consequences have been severe. Take John Eastman, for example.

Trump avoided legal accountability for his post-2020 abuses and alleged felonies, but some of his lawyers faced real consequences:
- Eastman disbarred
- Giuliani disbarred
- Chesebro disbarred
- Clark facing possible disbarment
- Ellis suspended law license
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-16T13:27:00.383Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-avoided-punishments-for-his-post-2020-abuses-but-many-of-his-lawyers-did-not

Last summer, for example, Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who was widely credited as the “architect” of the infamous “fake elector” scheme, was disbarred in New York. A year earlier, Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in New York and Washington, D.C. In 2023, Jenna Ellis admitted that she made post-election misrepresentations and had her Colorado license suspended for three years.

Jeffrey Clark, a key figure in Trump’s crusade to remain in the White House after losing, is also facing possible disbarment in the nation’s capital.

And then, of course, there’s John Eastman, who’s a prominent member of the same ignominious club. The Associated Press reported:

A California attorney who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results has lost his license to practice in the state.

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered John Eastman disbarred and his name stricken from the state roll of attorneys. … A judge for the State Bar Court of California in 2024 recommended that he lose his California law license. Eastman argued he was being punished for simply giving legal advice.

.....Eastman was not, however, merely a behind-the-scenes author of a ridiculous memo. The Republican lawyer also effectively played the role of a lobbyist, advocating on behalf of a plot, pleading with officials to go along with the plot, and even appearing at a pre-riot Jan. 6 rally to espouse his outlandish ideas to Trump’s radicalized followers.

As part of these efforts, Eastman also delivered remote testimony to a Georgia state Senate panel on Dec. 3, 2020, and peddled a variety of demonstrably false claims about the election results. The lawyer even told state lawmakers at the time that “the election can’t be validly certified.” (His advice was ignored.)

Years later, after Trump returned to power, the president pardoned dozens of people who participated in his post-2020 plot, including Eastman, but the clemency only applied to federal crimes, and had no bearing on the disbarment process.

The president who avoided accountability, in other words, couldn’t prevent one of his allied lawyers from facing consequences.

Eastman is a disgrace to the legal profession and I am glad that he was disbarred.

LetMyPeopleVote

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9. MAGA loses it as Trump-aligned attorney disbarred: 'Clear and terrorizing message!'

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:04 PM

3 hrs ago

Eastman is a right wing nut job who managed to pass the bar. The man thinks that the 14th Amendment's clear language on birthright citizenship is wrong and pushed the trump executive order. Eastman was at the SCOTUS oral argument on birthright citizenship. Eastman should have been prosecuted for Jan. 6 and so the next best thing is that Eastman has been disbarred.

I am amused that RWNJ are upset at this ruling

#FAFO Amirite, Eastman? As an officer of the courts, you have to live up to ethical standards that your friends and clients do NOT! This is not political. You violated your ethics.
MAGA loses it as Trump-aligned attorney disbarred: 'Clear and terrorizing message!' www.rawstory.com/john-eastman...
— Jane E. D. ðŸ«˜ ðŸ¸ (@guanadu.bsky.social) 2026-04-15T22:59:30.365Z

https://www.rawstory.com/john-eastman-2676749140/

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement flipped out on Wednesday after a lawyer who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election was officially disbarred.

John Eastman, one of the architects of Trump's strategy to overturn his election loss, was disbarred in California, according to documents from the California Supreme Court. Eastman is the latest lawyer who has been disbarred for their efforts to help Trump. Others include Kenneth Cheesebro, Jenna Ellis, and Rudy Giuliani.

Several fans of Trump's MAGA movement reacted to the news on social media.

"The California Supreme Court sent a clear and terrorizing message: If attorneys represent disfavored political candidates who challenge disputed elections, California will disbar them," Mike Davis, an attorney with the Article III Project, posted on X. "While this happens in failed third-world countries, this should never happen in America."

"This is a travesty," Jeff Clark, a former Trump DOJ official involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election, posted on X. "John represented the President in litigation challenging an election. That’s all. He lied about nothing. Reasonable minds can disagree about the 2020 election. He did what lawyers are supposed to do — represent disfavored individuals. And make no mistake, the elites, especially in bar apparatuses, disfavor and hate President Trump and anyone associated with him with a burning passion."

"This is disgusting and so wrong. California is corrupt to its core," Sidney Powell, one of Trump's former attorneys, posted on X.

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