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The California Supreme Court has disbarred John Eastman, an attorney with ties to President Donald Trump’s efforts to contest the 2020 presidential election outcome.
“The California Supreme Court disbarred attorney John Charles Eastman today,” the State Bar of California said in a statement.
“This after the State Bar Court Review Department in July 2025 affirmed the findings of the State Bar Court Hearing Department’s March 2024 recommendation, which found Eastman culpable of 10 out of 11 charges for egregious and deceitful conduct and recommended his disbarment,” the statement added.
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John Eastman, former lawyer to Donald Trump, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Eastman, a close adviser to the president leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, authored a memo regarding a plan for then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes for Joe Biden while presiding over the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress in a bid to keep Trump in office, according to The Associated Press.
State Bar Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona said, “After extensive proceedings before the State Bar Court’s Hearing and Review Departments, both of which found Mr. Eastman culpable of serious ethical violations, the Court has imposed the discipline warranted by the clear and convincing evidence that he advanced false claims about the 2020 presidential election to mislead courts, public officials, and the American public.”
“The Court’s order underscores that Mr. Eastman’s misconduct was incompatible with the standards of integrity required of every California attorney,” Cardona added in a statement released by the State Bar of California.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Thursday.
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