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    Gustavo Arellano: John Eastman’s journey from respectable O.C. Republican to Batman villain

    The first time I met John Eastman, he was what passed for a respectable Republican voice in Orange County, California. Sparring with him on a local television public affairs show about a decade ago, I noticed his wide, almost mischievous smile. Contrary to his reputation as a conservative fire-breather, he seemed more yip than bite. He offered nothing intellectual, nothing sharp — just the ...
    by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times Jun 21, 2022 4 minutes
    An image of John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani is displayed on a screen during the third hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 16, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C..

    The first time I met John Eastman, he was what passed for a respectable Republican voice in Orange County, California.

    Sparring with him on a local television public affairs show about a decade ago, I noticed his wide, almost mischievous smile.

    Contrary to his reputation as a conservative fire-breather, he seemed more yip than bite. He offered nothing intellectual, nothing sharp — just the usual pablum of that era’s Tea Party Republicans.

    A former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Eastman was dean of the law school at my alma mater, Chapman University, and mounted an unsuccessful run for California attorney

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