Breaking news, a judge just ruled former Trump lawyer John Eastman should be disbarred. You’ll remember Eastman is one of the key figures at the center of Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election. He was known as the architect of the fake elector scheme. Jessica Schneider is OUTFRONT following this breaking news for us. So this ruling is just coming in.
What more are we learning? Yeah, this was just moments ago, Erica. This is a California judge with the attorney Discipline court. She’s recommending that John Eastman’s law license be revoked in California. This is a decision that follows a 34-day trial where more than a dozen witnesses detailed Eastman’s scheme to undermine the 2020 election. And this also comes at a time when several of the attorneys who did back Trump or once backed Trump are all in professional peril.