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 A California judge recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman be disbarred in the state over his role in developing a legal strategy to help President Donald Trump stay in power after his 2020 election loss.
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 Judge Yvette Roland of California's State Bar Court found that attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman was accused of violating California attorney ethics rules against misleading courts and making false public statements. The ruling comes after a disciplinary trial last year