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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 26, 2023

Eastman invokes privilege when asked to name others

John C. Eastman declined to answer a State Bar prosecutor when asked to identify people with whom he had discussed alternate electors.

Eastman invokes privilege when asked to name others
John C. Eastman with his attorney, Randall A. Miller, at the State Bar Court. Ricardo Pineda / Daily Journal

John Eastman declined on Friday to tell State Bar prosecutors who it was he discussed gathering alternate electors with after the voting ended in the 2020 presidential election, citing attorney client privilege and confidentiality.

“The people I spoke to about that were either clients or prospective clients, and their communications are protected by attorney client privilege,” Eastman told State Bar prosecutor Duncan C. Carling during his ...

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