"Eastman's Legal Troubles Escalate Amidst Jan. 6 Rally Controversy"

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"Eastman's Legal Troubles Escalate Amidst Jan. 6 Rally Controversy"
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California State Bar Court judge, Yvette Roland, has preliminarily found Trump attorney John Eastman culpable in an 11-count trial for allegedly conspiring to invalidate the 2020 presidential election. After 32 days of testimony, the judge made a preliminary finding of culpability, stating that the case will proceed with rebuttal testimony and aggravation. Eastman had earlier asserted his First Amendment right to speak out as a private citizen, not as counsel to Donald Trump, in remarks made before the January 6th raid on the US Capitol.

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