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January 27, 2023
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Matt Ford
John Eastman’s Long, Ignominious Legal Career Might Be Coming to an End
It turns out there could be consequences for plotting to illegally overturn a presidential election.
January 26, 2023
Tori Otten
California Seeks to Disbar Trump Lawyer John Eastman for Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election
The California bar association says Eastman made “false and misleading statements” about election fraud and provoked people on January 6. For that, he should be disbarred.
November 2, 2022
Prem Thakker
Trump Lawyer Accidentally Reveals Emails About Overturning 2020 Election to the Media
The emails show that Trump's legal team wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
September 13, 2022
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Matt Ford
Trump’s Personal Coup Lawyer Looks to the Supreme Court for His Next Election Fix
John Eastman has some wild-eyed ideas about “independent state legislature theory,” and he’s hoping the high court’s majority will be willing to play along next term.
August 18, 2022
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Matt Ford
Looking for a Thankless Job Opportunity? Join the Trump Legal Team Today!
Only the hardiest of souls can represent this former president. Are you up for the challenge?
June 17, 2022
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Walter Shapiro
A Conservative Judge Tells the January 6 Committee How to Trump-Proof the 2024 Election
Despite the attempted coup, Congress hasn’t acted with urgency to fix the broken law that Trump tried to exploit.
May 13, 2022
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Matt Ford
God Bless John Eastman for Taking Meticulous Notes on Trump’s Criminal Conspiracy
Believe it or not, we all owe the former president’s personal coup lawyer a huge debt of gratitude.
April 15, 2022
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Alex Shephard
The Republican Establishment Tried to Overturn the Election, Too. Mike Lee’s Texts Prove It.
Yes, the Utah senator voted to certify Biden’s victory. But texts between him and Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows show just how deep the GOP effort to overturn the election was.
April 14, 2022
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Grace Segers
,
Daniel Strauss
January 6 Recap: John Eastman Was Trying to Overturn the Election—Last Month!
But Wisconsin’s lower house speaker wasn’t buying it. And a Roger Stone aide makes a (not-so) cryptic comment.
April 1, 2022
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Grace Segers
January 6 Recap: Judge Finds Trump May Have Broken the Law as the Justice Department Expands its Scope
The DOJ is broadening its investigation into the attack on the Capitol, but it’s not going far enough for some Democrats.
March 28, 2022
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Matt Ford
A Federal Judge Rips Trump for Plotting a Coup
Judge David Carter said the former president and his lawyer, John Eastman, “more likely than not” committed federal crimes for their part in the January 6 insurrection.
March 11, 2022
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Grace Segers
January 6 Committee Recap: Justice Department Gets a Conviction, and Stephen Miller Is Still on His Parents’ Cell Phone Plan?!
The first accused rioter to go to trial was convicted on five counts this week—but he wasn’t the only alleged conspirator facing consequences.
March 4, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
,
Grace Segers
January 6 Committee Recap: Committee to John Eastman: We Can Play Hardball, Too!
We now know the committee says it has evidence that Donald Trump committed a crime. All thanks to his brilliant lawyer.
March 3, 2022
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Matt Ford
The January 6 Email Exchange That Could Doom Trump
A new filing from the January 6 Commission details the how Mike Pence was pressured to overturn the election—and provides the basis for possible criminal charges.
December 9, 2021
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Matt Ford
You Should Take Matt Gaetz’s Plan to Make Trump the Speaker of the House Seriously
and
Literally
What sounds like a zany idea dreamt up in an opium den could have dire repercussions for the future of our democracy.
October 13, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Laughable Defenses of Trump’s Personal Coup Lawyer
The Claremont Institute tried to respond to critics of faculty member John Eastman and fell flat on its face.
September 24, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Trump Lawyer Plotting the Next American Coup
Mike Pence wouldn’t agree to carry out John Eastman’s plan to overturn the election. Next time we might not be so fortunate.
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