California bar investigating Trump lawyer for ethic breaches

Published March 1, 2022 1:33 PM

By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The State Bar of California says it is investigating a lawyer for former President Donald Trump for possibly breaking legal and ethical rules relating to the 2020 election. John Eastman wrote a memo arguing Trump could stay in office despite losing the election. Critics have likened it to instructions for staging a coup. Eastman spoke at a rally of Trump supporters in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Eastman has been subpoenaed by a House committee investigating the insurrection. Eastman retired as dean of the Chapman University law school in 2021.

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