Associated Press
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani could be disbarred in Washington after a review panel on Friday condemned how he pursued the false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.
Giuliani “claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence,” wrote the three-member panel in a report that details the errors and unsupported claims the former mayor made in a Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking to overturn the Republican president’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Between Election Day and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, Giuliani and other Trump lawyers repeatedly pressed claims of election fraud that were almost uniformly rejected by federal and state courts. He’s the third lawyer who could lose his ability to practice law over what he did for Trump: John Eastman faces disbarment in California, and Lin Wood this week surrendered his license in Georgia.
“Mr. Giuliani’s effort to undermine the integrity of the 2020 presidential election has helped destabilize our democracy,” wrote the panel.
“The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments,” they wrote. “It was unparalleled in its destructive purpose and effect. He sought to disrupt a presidential election and persists in his refusal to acknowledge the wrong he has done.”
Giuliani has already had his New York law license suspended for false statements he made after the election. The Washington review panel’s work will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision.
Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani, criticized the panel’s work as an attempt to persecute Giuliani and “part of a larger effort to deny President Trump effective counsel.”
“I call on rank-and-file members of the DC Bar Association to speak out against this great injustice,” Goodman said in a statement.
8 comments
Suze
July 8, 2023 at 4:06 pm
Now get the wacko women lawyers too.
PeterH
July 8, 2023 at 4:27 pm
Rudy could go to prison! A lawyer organizing a coup is far worse then Trump’s uneducated participation!
My Take
July 8, 2023 at 4:31 pm
Behind-barsment is my preference.
Silly Wabbit
July 8, 2023 at 4:58 pm
He kwazy.
Eduardo Slaveen Salahuddin 👍
July 8, 2023 at 6:26 pm
All of the lawyers who filed frivolous litigation should be at least disbarred. Even Ashli Moody penned a letter of concern about the 2020 election which turned out to be a bunch of bullsht. She should be impeached.
Dont Say FLA
July 8, 2023 at 7:42 pm
Ashley Moody better watch out. Rudy gonna be looking to get her job.
Thomas Kaspar
July 8, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Signed Rachel Maddow for 25 years straight
Eduardo Slaveen Salahuddin 👍
July 8, 2023 at 11:22 pm
All the lawyers who filed frivolous litigation to overturn the election should be jailed. Ashli “Fentanyl Halloween candy” Moody should be impeached for filing a letter in support of the insurrectionists. The federal government should remove Ron DeSantis and other leaders of the far right police state here in Florida.. and improve conditions in the concentration camps here in Florida where someone dies by homicide or suicide every 10 days on average.
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