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Viva Frei - Recovering Former Litigator! From Law to Politics & Beyond

Interview with Prof. John Eastman about his Disbarment in the State of California for Providing LEGAL ADVICE to the President!

Viva Frei - Recovering Former Litigator! From Law to Politics & Beyond

David Freiheit

Education

4.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Eastman on X https://x.com/DrJohnEastman ==== In the video, titled "LAWFARE! California Supreme Court CONFIRMS Disbarment of John Eastman!", Eastman explains that the disbarment stems from his 2020 legal memo and advice on alternate electors and challenges to election results in key states (e.g., Georgia, Wisconsin). He and Viva characterize the proceedings as political "lawfare"—a partisan effort to punish him for providing good-faith constitutional legal advice, with alleged due process violations, ignored evidence of irregularities, and bias in the State Bar process. Eastman discusses the broader implications for lawyers, free speech, and the profession, while planning further appeals.   @thevivafrei The roughly hour-long discussion is framed as a defense of Eastman’s actions as legitimate advocacy rather than misconduct, with Viva highlighting it as an example of selective enforcement and retaliation. It’s available on Viva Frei’s YouTube channel.

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0:00.0

You may or may not recall John Eastman.

0:03.3

I did want to bring up one thing before because I remembered back in the day when I was at Mar-a-Lago,

0:10.8

moderating a talk on lawfare and on stage, John Eastman, Michael Flynn, Rudy Giuliani.

0:19.8

Can't remember the other...

0:20.9

Then they gave me the morin after the fact,

0:23.4

and it said, you know, we're taking all of your electronics listed on the attached app...

0:28.2

Alan Dershowitz.

0:30.4

Now, I knew that phone was unlike...

0:32.2

Now, let me go here, because at some point...

0:33.6

...that's the language of the Fourth Amendment.

0:37.0

Professor, if I may interrupt you, I think you might have your client here who can testify

0:41.3

as to whether a lot of a solicitor client perpulch.

0:43.3

I was looking at the back and I thought I saw something I recognized, and I think I

0:48.3

could recognize him as President Trump.

0:51.3

I remember that day.

0:53.3

That was back in the day when lawfare was on the forefront and combating it was on the forefront. I'm going to bring in, Professor Eastman. Sir, how goes the battle?

1:05.6

You know, David, it's a never a dull moment. The California bar, you know, I suppose I should take some solace in the fact that they're

1:16.3

targeting me so vigorously because they think I'm so effective.

1:19.6

So it is when they say when you're over the, what is it, you take the, when you're over the target,

1:26.1

you're getting flack, it must be you're over the target. Yeah, man, I'm, I'd be happy to share this honor with a few other people, though. I'd be, I have to confess. You know, that's the, that's, see, it's the problem on the one hand of doing business and residing in commie states. You know, you live in New York and you exercise your Second Amendment rights. You end up in jail for 10 years. You exercise your constitutional supervision rights in Colorado. You end up in jail for seven years. And you practice law. You get disbarred in the state of California. For those who are meeting you for the first time, I'll say welcome to the channel, but give them your overview. You don't need to go into all of your credentials.

2:01.8

You are, I won't say the only person thus far who's gotten me to change my opinion on a position presented by Robert Barnes,

2:06.9

but our debate discussion on birthright citizenship was amazing. Tell everybody who you are and your credentials.

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