Donald Trump’s former attorney and constitutional scholar, John Eastman, spoke to the civic organization Davos in the Desert Wednesday about the lawfare he experienced, which resulted in disbarment and prosecution. The event was part of a larger conference the organization will broadcast all day on May 21, featuring legal experts discussing the lawfare against Trump.
Eastman, who was disbarred for advising Trump and representing him in challenging election illegalities in the 2020 election, began his talk by discussing how judges dismissed many of the 2020 election lawsuits for lack of standing. A judge in Pennsylvania dismissed one of their lawsuits, claiming that only the state legislature can challenge the election illegalities. However, other judges handling the 2020 election lawsuits ruled that political parties and candidates have standing.
He said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that it was acceptable for election observers to be forced to stand so far away from operations that they could not see anything since the law only said they must be allowed to be “in the room.” Eastman said the law was written when elections were tabulated at the precinct level, in small rooms, not the new massive vote centers. Additionally, he said there were 120,000 more ballots than voters in Pennsylvania, which has never been solved.
He pointed out that Trump or the Republican plaintiff prevailed in 24 out of the 32 election cases from 2020 that were decided on the merits.
Eastman said a lot of the problem comes down to ignoring Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which gives plenary power to the state legislatures. This means if the rules are “blatantly violated” in an election, then the state legislatures must fix the situation.
