The saga of Trump attorney John Eastman somehow becomes even more absurd

The sorry saga of John Eastman Esq., one of Donald Trump’s many former attorneys, is swiftly transitioning from “cautionary tale” into a decidedly more absurd phase. Eastman is currently navigating through life under a suspended law license—a fact that, at least theoretically, makes him ineligible to dazzle clients and judges with his esteemed legal acumen.

His professional infirmity owes itself to a judge’s decision last week to recommend that Eastman be disbarred from the practice of law in the state of California. That ruling now goes to the California Supreme Court for review, but in the meantime, Eastman’s license to practice law is forfeit, per the judge’s order. The reasons for that recommendation were meticulously detailed in a 128-page ruling by Judge Yvette Roland, who is responsible for overseeing the state bar’s disciplinary proceedings relating to Eastman’s alleged professional misconduct.

Those charges of misconduct stem from Eastman’s purported attempts to obstruct the 2020 electoral vote count and assist Trump in his failed effort to remain in power after losing that year’s election. These alleged actions led to Eastman’s indictment last August in Fulton County, Georgia, on multiple criminal charges relating to the attempted theft of that election. Eastman is also widely assumed to be an unindicted co-conspirator in the case against Trump relating to the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, currently pending in the Washington D.C. federal district court.

As a result of these criminal charges, Eastman has purportedly incurred substantial legal fees amounting, thus far, to approximately a million dollars. But deprived of his license to practice law, Eastman now claims he is unable to raise the money to pay those bills.

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