Some lawyers in Trump’s orbit are facing serious legal troubles; others are facing disbarment. Unfortunately for Rudy Giuliani, he’s in both categories.
When it comes to the lawyers in Donald Trump’s orbit who are facing rather serious challenges, there are a handful of categories. There are, for example, the former president’s attorneys who are facing unpleasant scrutiny from the special counsel’s office as part of its ongoing criminal investigation. There’s also at least one Trump lawyer whose work is currently being used against his own client.
But let’s not forget the attorneys from Trump’s team who are also dealing with disciplinary issues. L. Lin Wood, for example, retired this week to preempt a process that might very well have led to his disbarment. Similarly, John Eastman, who played a leading role in the scheme to try to keep Trump in power despite his defeat, is currently facing 11 disciplinary charges in the State Bar Court of California, and it’s entirely possible that he’ll soon be disbarred. Jeffrey Clark, a highly controversial assistant attorney general in Trump’s Justice Department, is also facing possible disciplinary action from the District of Columbia Bar in response to the Republican lawyer’s post-2020-election efforts.
