Alternate elector theory allowed in Eastman ethics case [View all]
Aug. 23, 2023, 8:47 PM
Donald Trump counsel John Eastman lost his bid to exclude claims he conspired to create alternate electors to those that certified the 2020 presidential election from his California ethics and statutory violations trial.
State Bar Court Judge Yvette D. Roland on Wednesday denied Eastman’s motion to prevent state bar prosecutors from introducing witnesses, exhibits, or other evidence relating to the claims against the one-time law professor ...
Eastman is defending his law license. He’s charged with violating 11 ethical and statutory obligations in his post-election role that culminated in the Jan. 6 raid on the US Capitol. The one-time Chapman University law dean wrote memos advancing theories that then-Vice President Mike Pence could declare Trump the victor or delay Congress’ certification of the 2020 results. He denies any violations.
Eastman’s “alleged role in creating the dual slates of electors would be evidence in furtherance of a strategy to overturn the results of the election as alleged” in the first count in the notice of discipline, Roland said. Further, two more counts allege he “made misrepresentations when he stated that seven states had transmitted dual slates of electors” ...
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