Group urges California bar to open investigation into John Eastman
A bipartisan group of former public officials and lawyers are urging the California bar association to investigate a conservative lawyer who reportedly tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence that he could overturn the election results on January 6.
In a letter sent Monday by more than two dozen people -- including a former president of the State Bar of California, two former federal judges and a host of other former state officials and experts from across the US -- to George Cardona, who oversees disciplinary matters for the SBC, the group said that "serious evidence of professional misconduct" by pro-Trump attorney John Eastman should be investigated.
"The available evidence supports a strong case that the State Bar should investigate whether, in the course of representing Mr. Trump, Mr. Eastman violated his ethical obligations as an attorney by filing frivolous claims, making false statements, and engaging in deceptive conduct," the letter states.
As CNN previously reported, Eastman's efforts while working with then-President Donald Trump's legal team were detailed in a new book from Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The scheme he had put forward was outlined in a two-page memo obtained by the journalists and which was subsequently obtained by CNN. The memo, which had not previously been made public, provides detail showing how Trump and his team tried to persuade Pence to subvert the Constitution and throw out the election results as Congress worked to certify the Electoral College votes.
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