Category: John Eastman

Federal Judge Orders Former Chapman Professor to Turn Over Emails

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A federal judge on March 28 ordered former Chapman University law professor John Eastman to turn over 101 emails requested by a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. In a 44-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter claimed former President Donald Trump “more likely than not” attempted to illegally block Congress…


The Left’s Attack on Attorney-Client Confidentiality: The Case of Trump Adviser John Eastman

Commentary Americans are witnessing attacks by the “progressive” left on some of our oldest and most treasured rights. These include not only constitutional rights such as free speech and freedom of religion, but some even older than the Constitution itself. Until recently, a consensus spanning the political spectrum protected these guarantees. But to the authoritarians…


McCarthyite Attack on John Eastman

Commentary If John Eastman were a radical leftist activist lawyer like the late William Kunstler, he would be celebrated around the land, as Kunstler was, even getting a cameo in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors.” Instead, Eastman is suffering a McCarthyite persecution simply for advising the president of the United States of the time, Donald Trump,…


Jan. 6 Committee to Review Former Trump Lawyer’s Emails

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Chapman University law professor who represented Donald Trump near the end of his presidency agreed in federal court Jan. 24 to begin a process of vetting his work emails to determine which ones will be allowed to be shared with the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol…


Chapman Faculty Call On University to Fire Law Professor Who Spoke at DC Rally

Faculty members at Orange County’s Chapman University are asking the administration to fire law professor John Eastman after he spoke at the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., that resulted in protesters entering the U.S. Capitol. Eastman spoke at the event while standing next to Rudy Giuliani, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team….


Chapman University Resists Calls to Fire Law Professor Who Spoke at DC Trump Rally

Chapman University has refused to fire a law professor who spoke at a rally for President Donald Trump near the White House last week, citing the university’s rules for dismissing a faculty member. The California-based private university is under pressure to fire John Eastman, a conservative legal scholar at Chapman’s Fowler School of Law. On…