After a hearing officer found John Eastman culpable for his conduct representing former President Donald Trump, the ex-Chapman University law school dean was defiant in new testimony.

The lengthy State Bar of California disciplinary proceedings, which began in June and once were projected to finish in August, has focused on Eastman’s efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.

The hearing’s judicial officer, Yvette D. Roland, handed down a ruling of preliminary culpability as a way to streamline the disbarment hearings to focus on evidence of aggravation or mitigation.

Eastman faces other legal challenges linked to his role as a presidential adviser, including his Georgia election-fraud indictment, along with former Trump and 17 other defendants. He entered a plea of not guilty in September.

On Thursday, the final day of the proceedings at the State Bar courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, Eastman took the stand once again to defend his actions following and accuse investigators of pursuing a politically motivated case.

When Eastman was asked if he said in an online interview during the hearings that attorneys for the State Bar should be punished, he acknowledged that they have immunity. He added, though, that they should lose their law license if not for that.

“I disagree I made false statements,” Eastman responded to the bar’s attorney. “But you clearly made false statements.”

Eastman added that, “In my view none of the conduct (as an attorney...

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