Donald Trump has "plenty to worry about" after facts of his involvement in alleged election subversion attempts went public in a recent ruling recommending disbarment for his former legal advisor, according to a new report.
Trump worked with John Eastman in matters related to the 2020 election, and a disciplinary judge recently found that Eastman should be disbarred for going too far for his client in trying to overturn a fair vote.
But buried in that order is damning evidence against Trump himself, according to the Washington Post's piece.
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"Eastman can appeal, but Judge Yvette Roland’s meticulous 128-page ruling rests on devastating factual findings and airtight legal analysis," conservative Trump-skeptic columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote for the Post. But those analyses also apply to Trump.
"These factual findings mirror the House Jan. 6 committee findings. Whatever the venue, whomever the defendant, a mound of evidence points to Eastman’s, and by extension Trump’s, participation in an attempt to steal the election. Juries in the Georgia case (where both are indicted and are pleading not guilty) and in special counsel Jack Smith’s D.C. case against Trump will hear many of the same facts," the report states.
Rubin further notes that the judge rejected Eastman's First Amendment defense, which is the same defense Trump has raised "repeatedly."
"These decisions are not binding on the judges or juries in the D.C. Jan. 6 or Georgia trials, but they certainly underscore Trump’s legal vulnerability. Moreover, these decisions suggest that Trump’s 'advice of counsel' defense, inapplicable if you and your counsel are engaged in a crime, is doomed to fail," she wrote. "In sum, Roland’s decision does not bode well for Eastman in his criminal case in Georgia. And insofar as Trump is likely to face much of the same evidence and to offer the same defenses, he has plenty to worry about in D.C. and Georgia."'