Dick Polman
A trio of Trump lawyers have destroyed their reputations and careers
While pondering the pathetic fates of three Trump legal eagles — Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Lin Wood — I’m reminded of a line from an old Jackson Browne song:
“The strangled cries of lawyers in love”
Plus, this old cliche:
“When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.”
It’s been satisfying to see those guys suffer the consequences of fronting for a crime boss. Lawyers with even a smidgen of integrity know full well there are lines they should not cross, even when the client is a fascist lowlife. But this toxic trio was apparently so in love with their client that they disgraced themselves and soiled the legal profession. Now they’re paying the price.
John Eastman, who won Trump’s heart with his cockamamie scheme to throw out Joe Biden’s wins in seven states and substitute fake electors, is currently on trial by the California bar — in layman’s terms, he’s charged with trying to sabotage the U.S Constitution — and he’ll likely lose his law license.
Lin Wood, a Georgia lawyer who pushed the lie that the 2020 election was “stolen” in Georgia and elsewhere, announced last week that he’s giving up his law license — one step ahead of disbarment proceedings. The Georgia State Bar said that Wood’s sudden decision to retire “has achieved the (bar’s) goals of disciplinary action, including protecting the public and the integrity of the judicial system and the legal profession.”
And then there’s Rudy, the conspiracy freak who followed Trump down the rabbit hole. Last week, an ethics panel for the Washington D.C. bar unanimously recommended that he be permanently stripped of his professional bona fides.
I remember back in 2018 when Rudy went on TV and declared: “Truth isn’t truth.” Turns out, it is.
Even though tens of millions of Americans have become deaf and dumb to reality, it’s heartening to know that Eastman can face consequences for violating “our values as a nation.”
It’s enough to make you feel patriotic.
Dick Polman, a veteran national political columnist based in Philadelphia and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes at DickPolman.net. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com