Supreme Court Asked to Disbar John Eastman Over Jan. 6 Role (1)

A group seeking to disbar attorneys who helped Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election now wants the US Supreme Court to take action.

The 65 Project asked the justices to suspend and ultimately disbar conservative lawyer John C. Eastman, who it says orchestrated efforts that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection by Trump supporters.

Eastman is said to have advanced a theory about how Vice President Mike Pence could short-circuit the counting of electoral votes, and spoke at a rally just prior to the Capitol riot seeking to upend the electoral certification of the ballot.

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