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spanone

(141,823 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:56 PM Wednesday

🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman

ðŸš¨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman â€” a key architect in President Donald Trumpâ€™s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election â€” delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-04-15T22:46:48.803Z

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🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman (Original Post) spanone Wednesday OP

Now go to work on the DoJ... pecosbob Wednesday #1

Great news malaise Wednesday #2

Is that a suicide switch he's holding? usonian Wednesday #3

Good! 2naSalit Wednesday #4

Amen. spanone Wednesday #5

Here's a little tidbit ... aggiesal Wednesday #6

GOOD! calimary Wednesday #7

MAGA loses it as Trump-aligned attorney disbarred: 'Clear and terrorizing message!' LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #8

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

Stark warning from ex-DOJ prosecutor as another Trump lawyer disbarred: 'More to come' LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #10

pecosbob

(8,425 posts)

1. Now go to work on the DoJ...

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:59 PM

Wednesday

malaise

(296,859 posts)

2. Great news

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:00 PM

Wednesday

Many more to come

usonian

(25,859 posts)

3. Is that a suicide switch he's holding?

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:02 PM

Wednesday

Trump has one.

Looking forward to him "making a big splash" soon.

2naSalit

(103,277 posts)

4. Good!

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:43 PM

Wednesday

Fuck that guy!

spanone

(141,823 posts)

5. Amen.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:49 PM

Wednesday

aggiesal

(10,844 posts)

6. Here's a little tidbit ...

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:32 PM

Wednesday

The Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, was my divorce judge.
https://courts.ca.gov/policy-administration/chief-justice-patricia-guerrero

She's on the fast track.
I'm believe she'll be nominated to the US. Supreme Court.

calimary

(90,311 posts)

7. GOOD!

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:46 PM

Wednesday

What the hell took ‘em so long?

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,633 posts)

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

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:08 PM

Thursday

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.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,633 posts)

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

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:15 PM

Thursday

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

(180,633 posts)

10. Stark warning from ex-DOJ prosecutor as another Trump lawyer disbarred: 'More to come'

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:23 PM

22 hrs ago

In order to represent trump and do his bidding, a lawyer has to violate the code of ethics. We will see still more disbarments in the future.

Stark warning from ex-DOJ prosecutor as another Trump lawyer disbarred: 'More to come' #RawStory
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-16T23:15:08.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/john-eastman-2676755421/

A legal expert shared a stark warning during a new podcast episode after a MAGA lawyer was officially disbarred in California.

Glenn Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney, said on a new episode of his podcast, "Justice Matters," that MAGA attorney John Eastman's disbarment this week symbolized how continued fealty to President Donald Trump can have disastrous consequences. Eastman was disbarred by the California Supreme Court on Wednesday for his role in helping Trump obstruct the 2020 election results.

Kirschner noted that other lawyers Trump worked with on the plot, such as Rudy Giuliani and Kenneth Chesebro, have also been disbarred for their actions.

"Will these Trump lawyers and these Trump-affiliated lawyers never learn?" Kirschner said. "Because they're being disbarred one after another after another. And frankly, I suspect there is more to come."

"It really shouldn't be that hard for these attorneys to represent the interests of the American people and to remain loyal to the rule of law rather than serving an aspiring dictator, an autocrat, a wannabe king," he added. "It really shouldn't be that hard. If these folks would just focus for a minute on what they learned in ethics courses in law school."

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