A prosecutor seeking the disbarment of the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power says he concocted a baseless theory and made false claims of fraud in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Disciplinary proceedings began Tuesday for John Eastman. They stem from his development of a dubious legal strategy aimed at having Vice President Mike Pence interfere with the certification of President Joe Biden's victory. Duncan Carling of the office of chief trial counsel said Eastman’s legal theory was “unsupported by historical precedent and law." Eastman’s attorney countered that his client never intended to steal the election.
According to the article, this lawyer also clerked for Clarence Thomas. It’s insane that Thomas is still a Supreme Court justice:
Absolutely zero argument with you there.
And things started so well with his confirmation hearings … Who could have seen this coming?
Ah, another criminal with an absurd amount of power.