John East­man asks judge to pause dis­bar­ment, cit­ing $3 mil­lion in ‘legal fees’

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s 2020 elec­tion cam­paign lawyer John East­man asked a judge to pause his dis­bar­ment so he can main­tain work­ing as an attor­ney, cit­ing “legal fees” he’s incurred for being indict­ed in a sep­a­rate crim­i­nal case.
State Bar Court of Cal­i­for­nia Judge Yvette Roland last week found East­man cul­pa­ble for 10 of the 11 dis­ci­pli­nary charges levied against him in a lengthy deci­sion in which the Cal­i­for­nia Supreme Court will issue a final ver­dict. East­man con­tends that if her deci­sion is not stayed, he will lose his abil­i­ty to make a liv­ing at a time when his legal bills could rise to “$3 mil­lion or more before the mat­ters have run their course.”

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)

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