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Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. A judge has recommended that conservative attorney Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Conservatives mull bar complaints against lawyers who sought to kick Trump off the ballot

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. A judge has recommended that conservative attorney Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

By Stefanie Dazio and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court rejects John Eastman’s challenge over email disclosure; Justice Thomas recuses himself

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 16, 2017, at a House Justice subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on restructuring the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

California bar investigating Trump lawyer for ethic breaches

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 16, 2017. An effort to disbar Eastman, who devised ways to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat in the 2020 election, will begin Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. Eastman is expected to spend the day testifying before the State Bar of California in a proceeding that could result in him losing his license to practice law in the state. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Disciplinary hearing against Trump attorney John Eastman begins in California

By Stefanie Dazio and Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2017. Conservative attorney Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, was slapped Thursday, Jan.26, 2023, with a series of disciplinary charges in California that could lead to his disbarment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump adviser John Eastman faces disciplinary charges in California

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In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

House Jan. 6 committee recommends criminal charges against Trump, lawyer Eastman

By Joseph Clark and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 16, 2017, at a House Justice subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on restructuring the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Jan. 6 committee on June 16, 2022, showed an email Mr. Eastman, a former Trump lawyer, sent to Rudy Giuliani requesting a presidential pardon from Mr. Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Federal judge: Trump, lawyers knew election fraud data was inaccurate

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 16, 2017, at a House Justice subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on restructuring the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Jan. 6 committee on June 16, 2022, showed an email Mr. Eastman, a former Trump lawyer, sent to Rudy Giuliani requesting a presidential pardon from Mr. Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Eastman gives up fight over phone records release to Jan. 6 committee

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2017. Dick Durbin, D-IL, is calling for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any case associated with the religious liberty legal group, First Liberty Institute. The recusal call comes after an outlet reported that Justice Thomas’ wife had thanked the leader of the organization for opposing Supreme Court reforms. “You guys have filled the sails of many judges. Can I just tell you, thank you so, so, so much,” she reportedly wrote in all caps in an email. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ginni Thomas cools to possible testimony for the House Jan. 6 committee

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 16, 2017, at a House Justice subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on restructuring the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Jan. 6 committee on June 16, 2022, showed an email Mr. Eastman, a former Trump lawyer, sent to Rudy Giuliani requesting a presidential pardon from Mr. Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Eastman requested a Trump pardon, Jan. 6 committee reveals

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rudolph W. Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, tweets various allegations against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son Hunter. (Associated Press)

Trump-affiliated attorneys face discipline while Russia-gate lawyers get a pass

By Alex Swoyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The platform Gab launched in 2016 and now claims to have 15 million monthly visitors, though that number could not be independently verified. The service says it saw a huge jump in signups following the January 6 riot, which prompted Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to crack down on Trump and others who they said had incited violence. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

House Jan. 6 committee drops fight over portion of Eastman docs

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, rioters scale a wall at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Eastman to hand over tranche of documents to House Jan. 6 committee

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 25, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) **FILE**

Trump election lawyer facing Calif. bar complaint, high court dispute over First Amendment rights

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

University bans ex-teacher from outreach after Trump speech

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California professor who spoke at Trump rally retires

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Man who posed as Justin Bieber to entice girls sentenced

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A state worker unfurls a rainbow flag in front of the Washington state Capitol to prepare it to be raised and then lowered to half-staff to mark last weekend's mass shooting at a central Florida nightclub, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Olympia, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee and members from the LGBT community later raised the flag in honor of Gay Pride month, before it was lowered. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside Pulse, a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Appeals court: Civil Rights Act protects lesbian, gay, bisexual employees

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times