Stephen Richer testimony in John Eastman disbarment proceeding

UPDATE, 6/23, 5pm: The California Bar attorneys clarified today that they WILL be calling former Arizona Elections Director Bo Dul to testify on Tuesday morning. Ms. Dul is currently Gov. Katie Hobbs's General Counsel. As with yesterday's testimony from Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, Dul is being asked to refute John Eastman's "multiple references to fraud and illegality in Arizona" (in the 2020 elections). 

The judge has not yet decided whether to allow testimony from Arizona's Mark Finchem and Wendy Rogers. Eastman has asked them to testify about their November 2020 "hearing" with Rudy Giuliani. The Bar has asked that they be precluded from testifying.

The hearing is expected to continue Tuesday through Friday of next week and then be picked up in either late July or August.

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UPDATE,1:15pm: Reaction from @stephen_richer to @arizonaslaw re: the need for his testimony:

"It's a sad situation. But I was subpoenaed. And I appreciated the opportunity to speak to the bipartisan tests and checks and audits that go into ever election."

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HAPPENING NOW:
Maricopa County Recorder @stephen_richer will be testifying this morning in the disbarment proceeding against John Eastman.

Eastman was Trump's legal architect in the plan for Jan. 6.

— Arizona's Law (@arizonaslaw) June 22, 2023

The judge in the disbarment proceeding is considering a motion from the Bar to exclude testimony from Arizona's Mark Finchem and Wendy Rogers. The ex-Representative and current-Senator participated in the "hearing" featuring Rudy Giuliani weeks after the November 2020 election. Eastman wants them to testify "regarding the information learned during that 10½-hour hearing and elsewhere during the course of (their) investigations."

Rogers tweeted one of our tweets referencing the pending Motion and asked "What are (sic) the court afraid Finchem and Rogers will say?" She deleted the tweet after it was pointed out that the judge has not yet ruled.

Here's the pending Motion:

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