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(180,623 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:07 PM Wednesday

John Eastman disbarred in California over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Source: The Hill

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.

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

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

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

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #1

... BumRushDaShow Wednesday #2

Hit the road Jack and don't come back ! oasis Wednesday #3

What a loooozerr! Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #4

CONSEQUENCES!!! calimary Wednesday #5

HaHa NBachers Wednesday #6

Good BeneteauBum Wednesday #7

Disbarred popsdenver Wednesday #8

Depends on factors. Trying to overthrow the United States Gov Bengus81 Thursday #15

There could be nothing popsdenver Thursday #16

FAFO evolves Wednesday #9

FINALLY!!!!! ShazzieB Wednesday #10

Just 6 short years. maxsolomon Thursday #18

Bye Felicia EuterpeThelo Wednesday #11

This is well-deserved, and I'm sorry it took so long FakeNoose Wednesday #12

MaddowBlog-Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #13

YES!!...Next up...Bodi and the State of Florida. Can't wait for that SCUM Bengus81 Thursday #14

MAGA loses it as Trump-aligned attorney disbarred: 'Clear and terrorizing message!' LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #17

Stark warning from ex-DOJ prosecutor as another Trump lawyer disbarred: 'More to come' LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #19

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,623 posts)

1. This made me smile

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:11 PM

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Link to tweet

BumRushDaShow

(170,616 posts)

2. ...

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:13 PM

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He joins the ranks of Ghouliani!!!

oasis

(53,778 posts)

3. Hit the road Jack and don't come back !

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:36 PM

Wednesday

Buddyzbuddy

(2,736 posts)

4. What a loooozerr!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:52 PM

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Making Attorneys Get Attorneys

calimary

(90,310 posts)

5. CONSEQUENCES!!!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:16 PM

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It’s about time we saw consequences take effect.

NBachers

(19,489 posts)

6. HaHa

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:20 PM

Wednesday

BeneteauBum

(592 posts)

7. Good

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:26 PM

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Peace ☮️

popsdenver

(2,373 posts)

8. Disbarred

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Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:33 PM

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no big deal.....wrist slap.....

Lawyers, just like Doctors that lose their licenses in one state, or Cops fired in one state, ........they all just go to another state and get licensed....

no big deal......

Bengus81

(10,234 posts)

15. Depends on factors. Trying to overthrow the United States Gov

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:25 PM

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doesn't go over well in most States.

popsdenver

(2,373 posts)

16. There could be nothing

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #15)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:42 PM

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greater than the PRESIDENT personally directing J6th, and all of those 1600+ insurrectionists are walking around free.......rather than still in prison currently for SEDITION/TREASON.....

evolves

(5,852 posts)

9. FAFO

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:45 PM

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asshole!

Bye, Felicia

ShazzieB

(22,703 posts)

10. FINALLY!!!!!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:48 PM

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That sure took a long time, but I'm SO glad that it's finally happened!

maxsolomon

(38,912 posts)

18. Just 6 short years.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:13 PM

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An entire Senate term. 12 Friedman Units.

EuterpeThelo

(404 posts)

11. Bye Felicia

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 10:29 PM

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You're a disgrace to our noble profession. Lie down with dogs...

GFY.

FakeNoose

(41,931 posts)

12. This is well-deserved, and I'm sorry it took so long

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 10:45 PM

Wednesday

I don't think John Eastman has been practicing law - REAL law, I mean - for a very long time.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,623 posts)

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

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:58 AM

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For the attorneys who helped fuel the president’s efforts in 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.

Bengus81

(10,234 posts)

14. YES!!...Next up...Bodi and the State of Florida. Can't wait for that SCUM

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:23 PM

Thursday

to lose her law license.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,623 posts)

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

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:02 PM

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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

(180,623 posts)

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

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:18 PM

17 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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