A key Trump lawyer could finally get his just desserts

The California Bar is the latest bar association looking into disciplining a member of Trump's legal team. [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Jan. 30, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Why Trump lawyer John Eastman deserves to be disbarred]( by Jessica Levinson Every year around this time, a few of my law students ask me to serve as a "moral character" reference for them. Those of you who are not lawyers may not know that such references are a cornerstone of our profession, reflecting lawyers’ position of public trust in our society. That trust has been repeatedly broken by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers — most recently by John Eastman, the former dean of Chapman University School of Law, and one of the architects of the plan to send slates of fake electors to vote in the Electoral College. This is a preview of Jessica Levinson's latest article. [Read their full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [ZEESHAN ALEEM]( [Trump wants to turn schools into an ultra right-wing indoctrination pipeline]( Trump’s policy rollout shows that Republicans don’t want to improve the education system; they want to weaponize it. [Read more.]( [SARAH POSNER]( [What the Jan. 6 committee omitted about Christian nationalism]( The committee left out a connection between the attack and the Trump administration itself. [Read more.]( [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Are you sitting down? The Dobbs leak probe just got dumber.]( Just when the Supreme Court thought the Dobbs leak “investigation” was behind it, the probe somehow looks even weaker.Read more.]( [NAYYERA HAQ]( [What Americans should know about Haiti’s latest devastating crisis]( Haiti’s journey from a groundbreaking country to a failed state is a sordid tale of American exceptionalism threatened by Black progress. [Read more.](//link.msnbc.com/click/30397809.85531/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9iYW5uaW5nLXRpa3Rvay1ub3QtZ29vZC11c2UtYmlkZW4tcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aW1lLXJjbmE2MzczMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIzMDEzMCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B52a1583c TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [SYMONE]( [Living Black History Series: A conversation with Dana Canedy]( [MORNING JOE]( [Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker makes chilling remarks in jailhouse call]( [POLITICS NATION]( [Tyre Nichols' stepfather and mother speak out after video released of son's fatal beating]( [YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN REPORTS]( [Rep. Adam Schiff speaks out about his removal from House Intel Committee]( DEADLINE: LEGAL BLOG [Alternate text]   "[Deadline: Legal Blog](" is the newest online extension of "Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace." Every big story is a legal story, and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin tackles these crucial legal issues with digestible explanations — from the multiple investigations into Donald Trump to decisions by the Supreme Court. Read Rubin's latest blogs [here](.     MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text]   This week on "Into America," Trymaine Lee revisits the final episode of 2022's "Reconstructed" series, to understand how Trayvon Martin became the face of the movement at a grave cost — through the eyes of his father, Tracy Martin. [Listen now](, wherever you get your podcasts.   Last year's Super Bowl featured a who's who of celebrities hawking crypto currency and crypto platforms like FTX. In retrospect, that looks like the boom before the bust. This year, crypto prices have tumbled and one of the most valued exchanges, FTX, collapsed in a cloud of alleged fraud and federal indictments. So is it all a scam? A pyramid scheme? Will crypto endure? Our guest this week thinks it will, but says accused fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried has shown the world just how risky the market can be for new users. It remains unclear if FTX customers will ever get their money back or if crypto can ever be seen more broadly as a trustworthy store of value. Tonya Evans is a tenured full professor at Penn State Dickinson Law School whose work focuses on the legal, regulatory, policy and economic justice implications of new technologies and innovation. She also hosts a weekly podcast called "Tech Intersect," all about the intersection of law, business and tech. Evans joins [WITHpod]( to discuss why, in her view, the collapse of FTX isn't a crypto problem, rather a fraud problem, what the future of regulation in the space could look like and more.     [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)