The California Supreme Court disbarred attorney John Eastman, who aided President Trump’s 2020 election challenge. Eastman represented Trump before the U.S. Supreme Court and sought to invalidate votes in four states.
George Cardona, chief trial counsel for the State Bar of California, said in a statement that the decision “affirms the fundamental principle that attorneys must act with honesty and uphold the rule of law, regardless of the client they represent or the context in which that representation occurs.” Cardona added that the court found Eastman to have committed “serious ethical violations” and has “imposed the discipline warranted by the clear and convincing evidence that he advanced false claims about the 2020 presidential election to mislead courts, public officials, and the American public. The Court’s order underscores that Mr. Eastman’s misconduct was incompatible with the standards of integrity required of every California attorney.”
President Trump pardoned Eastman in November.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” the document reads, declaring that President Trump grants a “full, complete and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election.”
