Judge Preliminarily Finds Ex-Trump Attorney John Eastman Culpable in California Bar Case Amid Ongoing Georgia Election Subversion Trial

Culpability in bar case could lead to Eastman's disbarment, impacting his status in ongoing Georgia election subversion case with potential implications for his plea negotiations and professional future.

A California judge has preliminarily found John Eastman, a former attorney of Donald Trump, culpable of ethics violations in a bar disciplinary case which could potentially result in his disbarment.
This bar case may affect Eastman's ongoing trial in Georgia where he and other lawyers are defendants in an election subversion case.
There has been some speculation that if Eastman loses his law license, he might be more inclined to plead guilty and cooperate in his criminal case to avoid prison.
Three of the four guilty pleas in the Georgia trial so far have come from lawyers, including Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, who negotiated agreements stating their crimes were not of moral turpitude, presumably in an effort to retain their licenses.
The bar case against Eastman is part of broader efforts across America to compromise the law licenses of attorneys who assisted Trump after the 2020 election. Lawyers in Michigan and Rudy Giuliani in New York have already been sanctioned.