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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

California bar investigating Trump lawyer for ethic breaches

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The State Bar of California says it is investigating a lawyer for former President Donald Trump for possibly breaking legal and ethical rules relating to the 2020 election.

John Eastman, the former dean of the Chapman University law school in Southern California, argued after the November 2020 election that then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the results and keep Trump in power. Critics have likened that to instructions for staging a coup.

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