On Monday, the Times ran an impassioned editorial calling for John Eastman's disbarment. Not surprisingly, I agreed with the paper's conclusion. Today, the Times is running my letter to the editor (see below). Have a great day.
Elite lawyer's awful advice
The facts against John Eastman and his cohorts are clear: Eastman convinced a team of lawyers to help him, and by extension Donald Trump, overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In an effort to keep Trump in office, Eastman and other lawyers for the former president lost more than 60 court cases. Why? Because their legal analysis was so flawed even a first-year law student at Chapman University, where Eastman previously had been dean of the law school, would have rejected their appeals.
Before 2020, Eastman enjoyed a successful life and career thanks to our democratic form of government. He now must be disbarred for deliberately trying to dismantle democracy.
Denny Freidenrich, Laguna Beach
That’s John Eastman standing alongside Rudy Giuliani during the infamous Jan. 6 rally in Washington, DC. After Donald Trump spoke, thousands left the event and headed to the Capitol. You know what happened next.