Conservative lawyer John C. Eastman defended telling state lawmakers that they had the authority to decertify election results if fraud was uncovered in the 2020 presidential election and pushed back when asked questions that he said violated attorney-client privilege.
Eastman’s conduct around the 2020 presidential election “was fundamentally dishonest and intended to obstruct the lawful certification” of its winner, California State Bar prosecutors said Tuesday in the opening day of a trial that could lead to his disbarment.
Eastman was the first witness in the eight-day trial in the California State Bar Court, the nation’s only court dealing solely with ...
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