I know it's the AP headline, but "tried to help" is putting it lightly. He was its mastermind.
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moreobviousthingsApr 16, 2026
+44
He probably doesn’t have a tight security team.
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TuckerCarlsonsOhfaceApr 16, 2026
+14
I take it to imply he tried to help trump overturn the election. It’s not like this guy came up with the idea.
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IvoShandorApr 16, 2026
+24
Eastman was one of the main architects of the fake elector scheme. So yeah, he was the guy who came up with the idea.
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TuckerCarlsonsOhfaceApr 16, 2026
+1
I meant the idea that the election was stolen, not the idea for his specific actions.
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mattivxxApr 16, 2026
+162
A rich old hack lost his license. It’s more fun to humiliate them when they are living.
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I_am_the_BEEFApr 16, 2026
+25
Also a good idea to let them know they will be forever remembered as a traitor that had no friends and a micropenis.
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SweatytubesockApr 16, 2026
+78
Should be in f****** prison.
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Emperor_ZarApr 16, 2026
He’d be pardoned. Doesn’t matter as they won’t be giving up power anytime soon, if there’s even elections. So, he’s kinda won anyway.
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berticusberticusApr 16, 2026
+118
Why does it take five years for this?
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HippyDMApr 16, 2026
+103
Our system is absolutely broken in this regard. It's why Don the felon was able to run again.
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-TheExtraMile-Apr 17, 2026
+6
Oh it´s not broken, it works exactly as designed. That is the sad truth.
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whitemiketysonApr 16, 2026
+16
I don't believe we should bar felons from seeking public office but the fact he wasn't incarcerated at that point is ridiculous.
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jrsinhbcaApr 16, 2026
+11
Because the rule of law is dying quickly.
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vikinickApr 16, 2026
+7
Because a lot of the evidence used to revoke his license came out a few years after. The smoking gun was basically a memo written where he was knowingly lying to his client.
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Rogue_AI_ConstructApr 16, 2026
+17
Good. Now it’s time for Blanche, Bondi, and the stooges at DOJ trying to throw out the constitution for Trump to get permanently disbarred as well.
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_wawrzon_Apr 16, 2026
+45
Reading stuff like this makes me so nostalgic. When did we loose the war on accountability ?
Why politicians and ppl in position of power, being able to avoid law and justice became so commonplace and standard ?
Seems like every other day politicians, policemen, judges or anyone with any power can avoid accountability and nobody can pursue justice.
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WaderrifficApr 16, 2026
+13
Well he’s also in California. If this were in FL or Texas, he would be rewarded.
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ValkyrXApr 16, 2026
+10
Its always been like that but they used to at least try to be subtle about it.
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DeepspacesquidApr 16, 2026
+11
2009 comes to mind, the big short. Iceland sent there fraudulent bankers to jail we gave ours a free pass and parachutes to not tank the economy further.
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_wawrzon_Apr 16, 2026
+6
This might actually be the breaking point, where the rich understood globalization is such a hard get out of jail free card, that it accelerated afterwards. Nobody wants to correct the economic model, where everything is so interconnected.
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spinnyroundApr 16, 2026
+4
The brooks brothers riot. That’s when.
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Still-Cash1599Apr 16, 2026
+21
1776. It was built for the rich to avoid being responsible for their actions.
The director of the FBI is a drug addict known for grooming kids online lol.
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_wawrzon_Apr 16, 2026
+11
Sure, but its so accelerated now, that it feels like years happened in the span of weeks.
And there wasn't such a disregard for accountability as we have now. There was always injustice, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, but some morality, ethic, human decency was still intact. Now it's full speed ahead.
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Still-Cash1599Apr 16, 2026
+6
You should read up on US history. It was very rare for a slave owner to wait for a slave to reach adulthood before raping them. Those people's ideals and values never went away.
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KarAccidentTownsApr 16, 2026
+10
The people who need to see this will not see it
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A_Nonny_MuseApr 16, 2026
+11
Which should happen to all them across the entire country. And not just the lawyers. Everyone who posed as fake electors should be in prison. Everyone who set them up to be fake electors should be in prison. Everyone who came up with the idea should be in prison.
There should be hundreds, if not thousands in prison, by my count.
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Alexm920Apr 16, 2026
+7
Literally read the headline and immediately thought, "god I hope that's Eastman." Yep.
>He was a professor at the school [when he retired in 2021](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-california-f5cc8978423a9a006426f51371398ca5) after more than 160 faculty members signed a letter calling for the university to take action against him.
We should all endeavor to live a life where 160 of our old co-workers don't call for us to be forcibly removed from our profession.
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shizzy0Apr 17, 2026
+2
Same. I remember in the direct aftermath of this failing someone told Eastman to hire the best criminal lawyer he could find. Glad there has been some comeuppance. Hope it continues till he rots in jail.
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jardex22Apr 16, 2026
+3
Guessing his next step is to start a podcast grift then, right?
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ClintBrunoApr 16, 2026
+3
The overwhelming majority of voter fraud and election interference has come from the right.
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NorthernFrostyApr 16, 2026
+6
Title is misleading. He's not losing his law license because he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
He's losing his license because he gave legal advice that was both illegal and violated public trust. It was conduct unbecoming a lawyer.
It should be made clear that the only reason he isn't going to jail for what he did is because Trump granted him a pardon. But Trump's pardon can't protect his law license.
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washingtonuApr 16, 2026
+8
He lost his license because of the legal advice regarding the 2020 election.
>“Today’s California Supreme Court order disbarring John Charles Eastman from the practice of law in California affirms the fundamental principle that attorneys must act with honesty and uphold the rule of law, regardless of the client they represent or the context in which that representation occurs,” said State Bar Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona. “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.”
https://www.calbar.ca.gov/news/attorney-john-eastman-disbarred-california-supreme-court
And his pardon is made clear in the article, it also explains what happened with the Georgia case.
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NorthernFrostyApr 16, 2026
-1
I think we're agreeing?
The title makes it sound like he's losing his license for daring to question election results. And that's perfectly fine and legal. That's not why he's losing his license. He's losing because he lied (misled if you want to be nice) and violated the public trust while questioning the election results.
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washingtonuApr 16, 2026
+3
The headline is pretty clear.
"California attorney who tried to help overturn 2020 election" that's referring to John Eastman and what he actually did
"loses law license" and then what happened to him.
It doesn't sound like he lost it "for daring to question election results"
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FuzzyComedian638Apr 17, 2026
+2
It's about time someone is facing consequences for this shit.
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TolendarioApr 17, 2026
+1
More salt for more slugs
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DFX74Apr 17, 2026
+1
Chapman University is well renowned.
He was let off his leash and this is what happens when wolves make love to coyotes
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KyotoGaijinApr 19, 2026
+1
Chapman University is not sending its best. It's sending criminals, traitors, and crime bosses. Do better, Chapman.
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Usual-Caregiver5589Apr 16, 2026
+1
Trump will pardon him and write him a new law license on a McDonald's napkin.
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ACertainThicknessApr 16, 2026
+5
Can you pardon the loss of a law license???
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Usual-Caregiver5589Apr 16, 2026
Trump probably thinks he can.
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SaltyShawarmaApr 16, 2026
+5
State laws. President can't pardon. Many Republican states are removing their Bar so that Republicans can practice law without a practicing ethics and morals.
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imaginary_num6erApr 16, 2026
+1
Hopefully all the law degrees signed by him as dean are also invalid.
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Sandberg231984Apr 16, 2026
-25
A guy who should have retired 10 years ago who got some sad reason is still working loses his license? This is a story?
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djfudgebarApr 16, 2026
+15
Nope. That's definitely not the story. Maybe there's an adult around who can help you with it?
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Sandberg231984Apr 16, 2026
-15
I get the story but what I’m saying is if the punishment is him losing his license then what’s the punishment? If retirement is punishment then sign me up. Who keeps working 5-10-15 years after they literally don’t need to? Are people such losers they have no life to get to?
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tellmewhenimlyingApr 16, 2026
+12
It's not just done solely to punish him, it's also done to attempt to protect the public, the profession, and the legal system by discouraging other lawyers in the future from doing what Eastman did, lying to their clients, lying to the courts, and wasting the court's time with bullshit.
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djfudgebarApr 16, 2026
+4
He'll probably be our next Attorney General or Trump will create a National Head of State Elections and put him in charge or some shit.
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Sandberg231984Apr 16, 2026
-3
That would not be so far fetched. So what’s the punishment? Why bother investing anything in this story when he got away with it.
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MSERRADAredApr 16, 2026
+3
Shaming him.
Example to others.
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ACertainThicknessApr 16, 2026
+7
This is all you were able to extrapolate from the article, or are you just trying to be funny?
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