Eastman retires from Chapman [View all]
BROOKE STAGGS and ANDRE MOUCHARD
Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2021 at 8:06 p.m. | UPDATED: January 13, 2021 at 8:06 p.m.
John Eastman, an endowed law professor at Chapman University who last week repeated false claims of election fraud to an angry crowd just before they stormed the U.S. Capitol, is retiring.
Chapman President Daniele Struppa issued a statement late Wednesday saying the school and Eastman negotiated an exit, and that their agreement “closes this challenging chapter for Chapman.”
The deal comes as hundreds of students and professors at Chapman are calling for Eastman’s dismissal, citing a range of issues ranging from his accusations about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ qualifications for office to his legal work for President Donald Trump in which he has made false claims that the election was rigged to help President-elect Joe Biden ...
... Eastman was in the Oval Office with Trump the day before the Capitol riot, arguing to Vice President Mike Pence that Pence had the power to block certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory. Other constitutional experts and members of congress have pointed out that the vice president has no such power ...
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/13/controversial-law-professor-john-eastman-retires-from-chapman-university/
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