Disciplinary committee affiliated with the DC Bar Association Recommendation for expulsion Rudy Giuliani on Friday accused former President Trump of trying to block the transfer of power after he lost the 2020 election.
The recommendation, which has yet to be approved by the D.C. Court of Appeals, is a scathing criticism of Giuliani’s efforts to fight Trump’s loss in Pennsylvania.
Giuliani “urged a federal judge to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters despite the absence of objective, credible evidence that such a scheme existed,” the committee wrote.
The committee noted that it rarely recommends disbarment for frivolous lawsuits, but wrote that no other cases have “involved aggravating factors” like those in Giuliani’s case.
“No other disciplinary case involving litigious impropriety can compare to this one. We have concluded that disbarment is the only sanction capable of protecting the integrity of the public, the courts, and the legal profession, and of deterring other lawyers from filing similarly frivolous lawsuits seeking broad but completely unjustified relief.”
Giuliani, who faces election interference charges alongside Trump, also faces similar charges in Arizona and is a co-conspirator who has not been named or charged in the former president’s federal trial related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The former mayor was a central figure in numerous efforts to support Trump in resisting the transfer of power, including making calls to state legislative leaders.
A spokesman for Mr Giuliani claimed, without evidence, that the decision was made by “Democratic party factions”.
“Removing the mayor’s license to practice law is intended to prevent him from representing clients like President Donald Trump and others who are willing to challenge the current political establishment,” Ted Goodman said in a statement.
Other lawyers involved in President Trump’s efforts to keep him in power are similarly putting their attorneys’ licenses at risk.
Attorney Jenna Ellis has been suspended from practicing law in Colorado for three years after pleading guilty in Georgia, and John Eastman, who authored the memo urging former Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election results, is currently suspended while disbarment proceedings continue.
The recommendation is just the latest legal quagmire for Giuliani, who is also facing bankruptcy proceedings and losing a defamation lawsuit brought by a mother-daughter campaign duo who falsely claimed the former mayor “switched votes.”
Creditors this week asked a judge to take control of his assets.
Updated 6:28 p.m.
