Crash Course: Trump's "coup memo" lawyer may face disbarment — but that's the least of John Eastman's problems

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Trump's "coup memo" lawyer may face disbarment — but that's the least of John Eastman's problems In January of this year, the State Bar of California announced the filing of a [Notice of Disciplinary Charges against attorney John Eastman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmeqM-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZnMybWNsYmh3My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTVkNjl5Mnkza3lXA3NwY0IKZJI_HphkCiHACVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), precipitated by his central role in the scheme devised by Donald Trump and his allies in several swing states to create and submit fraudulent election certificates and the now-infamous slates of "fake electors." Eastman's plot to subvert the 2020 election and defraud millions of American voters will almost certainly be central to the next two indictments facing Trump, those being conspiracy charges likely to be filed this summer by prosecutor Fani Willis in Georgia and special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, D.C. [Read the rest from Gregg Barak.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmeqM-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZG9tbjR2bW03OC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTVkNjl5Mnkza3kmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZJI_HphkCiHACVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Putin calls uprising a "stab in the back" as armed rebellion presses into Moscow On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a statement vowing "harsh punishment for the organizers of an armed rebellion spearheaded by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin," according to [AP News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmeqM-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd2Vod2J4M3Bidi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTVkNjl5Mnkza3lXA3NwY0IKZJI_HphkCiHACVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), referring to the uprising from Prigozhin's Wagner private army as "a stab in the back." Per Britain's Ministry of Defense, "Prigozhin's private army appeared to control the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, a city 660 miles (over 1,000 kilometers) south of Moscow that runs Russian operations in Ukraine," with mercenaries making further headway as the day progressed. 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Where will Defendant Trump store his new boxes of anxiety? You can't see Defendant Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, from I-78. You take exit 26 and turn right on Rattlesnake Bridge Road, and then less than a mile later and you take a right on Lamington Road and you go about another mile before you take your third right onto the grounds of what is known as Trump National Golf Course Bedminster. The environs out there are country-clubby. There are two other country clubs off the same exit – the Fiddler's Elbow Country Club and the Lamington Farm Club, and most of the rest of the surrounding area could be called horsey – Rocking Horse Farm is nearby, as is Elite Equestrian International and Spook Hollow Farm. [Read the rest from Lucian K. 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