Monday, June 12, 2023

Trump Lawyer John Eastman: He devised a fringe legal theory to try to keep Trump in power. Now he’s on the verge of being disbarred. The trial of John Eastman may feature testimony from key participants in Jan. 6 who have rarely spoken publicly.

 

He devised a fringe legal theory to try to keep Trump in power. Now he’s on the verge of being disbarred.

The trial of John Eastman may feature testimony from key participants in Jan. 6 who have rarely spoken publicly.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/11/john-eastman-disbarment-trial-trump-00101407

In addition to Jacob, the California bar counsel plans to call election officials from five states, including Benson and Stephen Richer, the county recorder of Maricopa County, Ariz. The bar authorities also plan to call at least two constitutional experts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of Eastman’s interpretation of the law and Constitution.

Eastman has tapped Yoo to argue about his interpretation of the 12th Amendment. Carling indicated in a recent filing, however, that Yoo sat for a May 26 deposition and provided testimony that undercuts some of Eastman’s claims.

Carling and his colleagues are asking the judge presiding over the case, Yvette Roland, to prevent Yoo from opining on Eastman’s advice to Pence, which Yoo has already said in a deposition he was unprepared to delve into.

Roland has already agreed to prohibit at least some of the testimony of another expert Eastman intended to call, former Washington federal appeals court Judge Janice Rogers Brown.

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