Eastman Loses Bid To Postpone Disbarment Hearings

Politico reports:

Attorney John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump’s last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election, may not postpone his ongoing disbarment hearings just because he’s been indicted in Georgia, a California judge ruled Friday.

Yvette Roland, a judge on the California State Bar Court, said Eastman had effectively waived any rights against self-incrimination by taking the stand in his disbarment proceedings in June — even though he knew he could be indicted in either Washington, D.C., or Georgia.

Eastman testified then for more than eight hours on a wide range of subjects related to his efforts to keep Trump in power, without invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

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As a reminder, in 2011 Eastman was named chairman of the anti-LGBTQ hate group NOM. A search of his name on NOM’s website no longer yields a result and NOM has been silent about his status with the group.

NEW: California judge says Eastman can’t postpone his disbarment proceedings just because he’s been indicted in Georgia. He testified for hours knowing full well he could be indicted in DC or Fulton, she says.https://t.co/VFSKqoIt6T

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