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August 08, 2023 03:10 PM UTC

Even if He Loses His Law License, Eastman Will Be Part of CO Republicans' Legal Team

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(Just wow — Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Even if he loses his law license due to his involvement in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, former Trump attorney John Eastman will continue working on Colorado Republican Party’s case to stop unaffiliated voters from participating in primary elections, according to a lead attorney on the case.

“It just precludes [Eastman] from signing documents or arguing in court, and he’s got colleagues at his constitutional counsel group that are just absolutely brilliant,” said Randy Corporon, another attorney — in addition to Eastman — who’s representing Republicans in the case, when asked by KNUS radio host George Wednesday if Coporon had “any concerns at all” about Eastman continuing to represent the Colorado Republican Party in its lawsuit.

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“It seems very likely to me, given where his disbarment proceedings are occurring and some of the rulings from the judge that I just thought were extraordinary, barring witnesses and experts and different things — that his license is at risk,” said Corporon on air. “Now, whether he’ll be able to hang on to that through an appeal process or whether he’ll be temporarily, if not disbarred, suspended during this court is an issue.”

“Corrupt, Coordinated, Democrat-Controlled Media Machine”

Could Eastman’s appearance as a co-conspirator in the Trump indictment “derail” Eastman’s participation in the case, which would overturn Colorado’s Proposition 108, Brauchler asked Corporon.

“Certainly, as far as a distraction goes, yeah, we know exactly where the corrupt, coordinated, Democrat-controlled media machine will go in the different ways that they attack this case,” Corporon told Brauchler on air. “If Eastman is charged criminally, that will, as it is with Donald Trump, you know, that’ll be a long process.”

Eastman on Friday admitted to the “likelihood that formal charges will be brought” against him in the Trump case, the one in which he is currently listed as a co-conspirator.

Eastman’s Motion Submitted Friday.

Eastman made the admission in a motion to the California State Bar Court on Friday, asking the court, in light of the Trump indictment, to either 1) delay his case for three months to allow for an “updated assessment of the scope of the ongoing investigation” or 2) put his case on hold pending the “resolution” of Trump’s indictment.

Former state Sen. Kevin Lundberg (R-Berthoud), who’s overseeing a state Republican Party committee’s work on the open-primary lawsuit, told Colorado Politics Friday that he has “no qualms” about Eastman’s continued participation.

“He’s competent and qualified and the right man for the job, I believe,” Lundberg told Colorado Politics reporter Ernest Luning, pointing out that Eastman was involved in a U.S. Supreme Case court in 2000 that struck down a California law that all voters cast ballots for candidates from any party in primary elections.

The leader of the Colorado Republican Party, Dave Williams, didn’t respond to phone message asking if he’d favor keeping Eastman on the open-primary case if Eastman were disbarred.

Corporon

Lundberg continued fundraising for the open-primary lawsuit in an email on Friday, stating, “Please join us by contributing to the funds that have been set up to launch this significant challenge to Colorado’s open primary system.”

“The most direct way to contribute is to the Colorado open primary lawsuit fund, set up by the Claremont Institute for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which is a 501(c)(3) organization. These contributions can be tax-deductible when itemizing your tax deductions,” stated the email. “… If you prefer you may also give directly to the Colorado Republican Party‘s lawsuit fund with a donation that is not tax deductible. Please note that these funds are for the exclusive purpose of the Colorado lawsuit and will not be used for the endorsement or promotion of any political candidates.”

RELATED: John Eastman, a ‘Co-Conspirator’ in Trump Indictment, Is No Stranger to Controversy in Colorado

The close relationship between Eastman, who’s among the top-line poster children for election lies nationally, and the Colorado GOP shows that state Republicans are continuing to embrace issues (e.g., election conspiracies) and leaders (e.g., Trump) that are widely believed to spell doom for GOP candidates in Colorado elections.

Proposition 108 was passed by Colorado voters in 2016 to allow unaffiliated voters to participate in the state’s primary elections.

In an interview with Brauchler this morning, Complete Colorado’s Sherri Peif said “nearly 100%” of the governing body of Colorado’s Republican Party remains supportive of expunging unaffiliated voters from the GOP primary — even if they voted down a measure on Saturday that might have made it easier to achieve that goal via a vote of the governing body.

“I will say, that is the one thing that nearly 100% of the state central committee can agree on. I mean, everybody is behind the lawsuit, you know?” Peif, who works for a conservative news outlet, said on air. “That’s the way to go. Nobody – I don’t think there was probably a person in that room – or a person who sent their proxy to that room – that voted for Proposition 108. Nobody wants the semi-open primary that Colorado currently has. They want to go back to the way that primaries are supposed to be: if you want to vote in a primary, affiliate with a party!”

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6 thoughts on “Even if He Loses His Law License, Eastman Will Be Part of CO Republicans’ Legal Team

  1. After they are all disbarred, Rudy Giuliani, Kraken Powell, John Eastman, and the rest of the legal brain trust will probably declare the existing federal and state judicial branches to be hopelessly corrupted by the Deep State and packed with too many liberal activist judges.

    They will then announce that they are setting up a parallel MAGAdonian court system which will let any self-avowed “constitutionalist” appear and argue any harebrain claim or defense and will be true to Trumpian values. 

    We already have those crackpots in the Sovereign Citizens’ Movement who are running around claiming to be exempt from certain court orders while also issuing bogus liens on the properties of various elected and appointed officials.

    Might as well give them lawyers who are on the same wavelength.

  2. Mr. Coporon should know that if Mr. Eastman is disbarred, then Eastman will be required to withdraw as an attorney from the case and his name stricken from the pleadings and other papers. He can no longer act as an attorney in any capacity if he is disbarred. If Coporon wants to hire Eastman as a paralegal he can do that.

  3. Eastman was involved in a U.S. Supreme Case court in 2000 that struck down a California law that all voters cast ballots for candidates from any party in primary elections.

    If this lawsuit invalidated the current primary system with unaffiliated participation I wouldn't be sad. We can replace it with a top-four or top-five open primary with ranked choice voting; better system overall IMHO.

  4. I feel like conservative media folk need to complain about a "Democrat-controlled media machine" every so often. It may be a clause in some sort of contract they need to sign to keep their "conservative media folk" credentials but I think it's actually just a compulsion by now.

    If such a thing existed, it would have no bearing on Eastman's disbarment or court cases. None. Zero. Zilch.

    What a nerd!

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