Former Trump attorney John Eastman disbarred in California over 2020 election interference efforts

A lawyer for Eastman, who played a key role in devising a plan to overturn the 2020 election results, said they will seek review before the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Eastman, a former attorney for President Donald Trump who helped engineer a last-ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, was disbarred in California on Wednesday over his efforts more than five years ago.

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The California Supreme Court said in a filing that Eastman could no longer practice law in the state, upholding a State Bar Court recommendation, and ordered him to pay $5,000 in sanctions.

An attorney for Eastman, Randall A. Miller, said in a statement that Eastman will seek review of the case before the U.S. Supreme Court to “repudiate this threat to the rule of law.”