The documentary, “The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice,” premieres on Jan. 4 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
WEST PALM BEACH—In a new documentary, constitutional scholar John Eastman argues that in recent years, the United States has seen the rise of a “two-tiered justice system” in which the legal system has unfairly targeted lawyers representing conservative clients.
In the new film “The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice,” he argues that lawyers who defended President Donald Trump and other conservative figures after the 2020 election faced harsh penalties for questioning election integrity—penalties he believes would not be applied if those on the left made similar claims.
Eastman, a former law professor, gained national attention for advising Trump on constitutional challenges to election procedures in several key battleground states following the 2020 presidential election. He has faced both disbarment and criminal charges related to his role.
The documentary, which will premiere on Jan. 4 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, aims to shed light on the problems he and other lawyers have faced.
Alongside Eastman, the movie also features Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law professor, and Jeffrey Clark, a senior Justice Department official in the Trump administration.
“For the last three years, everybody that was involved in raising the serious challenge to illegality in the 2020 election has been targeted for lawfare, criminal prosecutions, and bar disbarment proceedings,” Eastman told The Epoch Times.
He posits that the goal of these efforts has been not only to get lawyers disbarred but also send a message so that no one will dare take on such challenges in the future.
“The purpose of the movie is to expose that lawfare, but also to put together a brief summary of the evidence of illegality that occurred in the 2020 election, so people can know that we weren’t making this stuff up,” Eastman said.
He calls these actions against him and other lawyers “unjustified and unprecedented.”
“I’d like Americans to understand that what we did was in defense of the Constitution,” Eastman said. “I want people to learn about it and to come away angry, so that it never happens again.”
By Emel Akan
