Trump Lawyer Eastman’s Character, Integrity, License on Line

John Eastman defended his urging Vice President Mike Pence to delay certifying electors in the 2020 presidential election, telling a California State Bar Court judge Tuesday that he was in constitutional terms “petitioning an officer of the government for redress of rather serious grievances.”

Eastman is charged with 11 counts of violating moral turpitude, ethics rules, and state law regulating lawyer conduct related to memos he wrote to Trump campaign officials and for remarks leading up to the Jan. 6 raid on the US Capitol. He again took the stand in the seventh week of trial. The state bar seeks ...