John Eastman, an endowed professor and constitutional law scholar at Chapman, spoke alongside Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani at the “Save America” rally Jan. 6, making the unsubstantiated claim that “secret folders” inside ballot-counting machines skewed both the presidential and Georgia Senate race results in Democrats’ favor.
Chapman University President Daniele Struppa announced on Wednesday that Dr. John Eastman, who had taught at the university for over two decades and previously served as dean of the law school, would not be returning to his teaching position in light of the remarks he made at said rally.
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Struppa had rejected demands to fire Eastman, saying that while Eastman’s actions and statements were in “direct opposition to the values and beliefs of our institution,” he was its president, not its “Supreme Leader,” and appropriate processes for investigating the actions of faculty must be followed.
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“After discussions over the course of the last week, Dr. John Eastman and Chapman University have reached an agreement pursuant to which he will retire from Chapman, effective immediately," Struppa said in a statement. "Dr. Eastman’s departure closes this challenging chapter for Chapman and provides the most immediate and certain path forward for both the Chapman community and Dr. Eastman. Chapman and Dr. Eastman have agreed not to engage in legal actions of any kind, including any claim of defamation that may currently exist, as both parties move forward.”
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Eastman, in his own post about his departure, wrote that he was making the announcement “with mixed feelings,” in part because “some of my ‘colleagues’ on the campus or to the few members of the Board of Trustees who have published false, defamatory statements about me without even the courtesy of contacting me beforehand to discuss.”
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He also took exception with a letter signed by about 160 university faculty members, which he specifically called "defamatory," that accused him of “participation” in the deadly siege at the Capitol. Eastman spoke at the "Save America" rally alongside President Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in which he spread claims of election fraud.
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He said the faculty members who signed the letter calling for his termination had “created such a hostile environment for me that I no longer wish to be a member of the Chapman faculty.”
Eastman argued that the notion he “participated in a riot that incited” violence is false, claiming, “I participated in a peaceful rally of nearly ½ million people, two miles away from the violence that occurred at the capital and which began even before the speeches were finished.” Additionally, he defended a litany of election-related fraud claims that he made at the rally, including a reference to "secret folders" in the voting machines that can add extraneous votes to a given candidate's total.
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