Judge to Rule ‘Shortly’ on Eastman’s Bid to Delay License Trial

Attorney John Eastman, indicted in Georgia over his connection to former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, awaits a judge’s ruling in his bid to postpone his California disciplinary trial while the criminal case advances.

State Bar Court Judge Yvette D. Roland Thursday took under advisement Eastman’s request to abate or stay proceedings pending resolution of an ongoing federal criminal investigation, as well as any trial which may result, into related conduct. The trial is scheduled to resume Aug. 22, with the possibility of arguments continuing into September.

Roland, after the nearly three-hour hearing Thursday, said ...