Giuliani Asked About Fake Electors Plan by DOJ Prosecutors

June 28, 2023, 5:34 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A proffer agreement is an understanding between prosecutors and people who are subjects of criminal investigations that can precede a formal cooperation deal. The subjects agree to provide useful information to the government, sometimes to tell their side of… Continue reading

Eastman Whines About Court’s Ruling in Moore v. Harper

June 27, 2023, 5:24 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Jess Bravin for WSJ: John Eastman, a former law professor who advised former President Donald Trump on resisting the 2020 election results, filed a brief for the Claremont Institute backing the GOP position. On Tuesday, he criticized Roberts’s opinion, saying… Continue reading

“How the Supreme Court’s decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors”

June 27, 2023, 4:57 pmelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Politico: The Supreme Court’s rejection of a controversial election theory may also have another huge political consequence for future presidential contests: It obliterated the dubious fake elector scheme that Donald Trump deployed in his failed attempt to seize a second… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. asking about 2020 fraud claims as well as fake electors”: “The campaign’s own legal team and data experts cannot verify the bullshit being beamed down from the mothership”

June 26, 2023, 6:20 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The Justice Department’s investigation of efforts by Donald Trump and his advisers to overturn the 2020 election results is barreling forward on multiple tracks, according to people familiar with the matter, with prosecutors focused on ads andfundraising pitches claiming… Continue reading

No Response to John Eastman Cert. Petition Seeking to Wipe Out District Court Finding that Eastman More Likely Than Not Engaged with Trump in Crime Related to 2020 Election

June 23, 2023, 7:33 amchicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I blogged earlier about John Eastman arguing for the decision against him to be vacated on grounds it is moot. I wondered if a response would be filed by the Jan. 6 committee, which I think no longer exists. There… Continue reading

Hearing in Eastman disbarment case

June 21, 2023, 4:52 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

It’s a good thing that this public proceeding is being recorded, because I suspect one could teach a whole variety of law school classes using it, if one wishes. Here’s the link for the livestream: calbar.zoom.us/j/97985435232

“Eastman plan to keep Trump in power faces a reckoning, as authorities seek his disbarment”

June 20, 2023, 4:01 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

Kyle Cheney in POLITICO: “Bar authorities say Eastman’s scheme began after basic legal challenges to the election results failed to influence the outcome — despite Trump’s repeated efforts to sow false claims of election fraud. Eastman spent much of… Continue reading

“Should Trump-allied lawyers be punished for 2020 election suits? The jury is still out.”

June 19, 2023, 9:31 amUncategorizedNed Foley

USA Today. In addition to the disciplinary proceedings discussed in this article, there is also the pending matter involving John Eastman.

“He devised a fringe legal theory to try to keep Trump in power. Now he’s on the verge of being disbarred.”

June 11, 2023, 11:03 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump’s last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election on Jan. 6, is about to go on trial — but not in a criminal court. Rather, the attorney is fighting to save his California… Continue reading

John Eastman Offers Warped View of 2020 Election, the January 6 “incursion into the Capitol,” and His Attempt to Subvert Election, in Supreme Court Brief Seeking to Erase District Court Case Finding He and Trump Likely Participated in a Crime

May 28, 2023, 12:26 pmelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Via Tierney Sneed at CNN, comes this cert. petition before the Supreme Court in No. 22-1138. Eastman is asking for a Munsingwear vacatur of a federal district court ruling, which would wipe that case off the books on grounds it… Continue reading

John Eastman’s Expert in Disbarment Proceeding Disqualified

May 27, 2023, 7:51 amUncategorizedGuy Charles

David Ettinger blogs about it here.

Unchartered territory

April 3, 2023, 12:21 pmchicanery, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Intriguing. In the California State Bar’s disciplinary action against John Eastman, Eastman has attempted to designate retired Judge Janice Rogers Brown as an expert “regarding her opinion that the California State Bar seems to be moving into unchartered [sic]… Continue reading

“”The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman; How a mild-mannered law professor became the architect of a scheme to overturn a presidential election”

March 28, 2023, 5:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Garrett Epps in the Washington Monthly: I reached out to Eastman for an interview, and to my surprise, he accepted gladly. When we spoke on the phone, he was exactly as I remembered—charming, voluble, seemingly candid, eager to engage in… Continue reading

State Bar of California: “Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California”

January 26, 2023, 2:47 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Release: The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that… Continue reading

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