Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred Thursday in Washington, D.C., for false claims he made on behalf of former President Donald Trump about the 2020 presidential election.
of DC Court of Appeals Order The 80-year-old former mayor and prosecutor will be disqualified from practicing law in the nation's capital, following a July ruling by the New York Court of Appeals that barred Giuliani from practicing law locally.
A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., said Giuliani did not respond to an order giving him an opportunity to explain why he should be allowed to continue as a member of the D.C. bar after being disbarred in New York. pointed out.
“This is a complete travesty and a complete miscarriage of justice,” Giuliani's spokesman Ted Goodman said in a statement.
“Members of the legal community who want to protect the integrity of our justice system should immediately speak out against this partisan and politically motivated decision,” Goodman added. “Those who come after Mayor Giuliani will take away the fact that he remains the most effective prosecutor in American history and has done more to improve the lives of others than almost any other American alive today. I can’t.”
A Washington, D.C., court has previously suspended Giuliani's law license for 2021, and a review board last year suspended Mr. Giuliani's law license in Pennsylvania, which seeks to overturn Mr. Trump's 2020 presidential election loss to Joe Biden. It had recommended that Giuliani be disbarred because of his claims in the lawsuit.
Mr. Giuliani “claimed massive election fraud, but there was no evidence.” the panel wroteaccused the former mayor of “contributing to the destabilization of democracy” and engaging in “efforts to undermine the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.”
“This misconduct sadly exceeds his past accomplishments,” the panel of judges said.
Giuliani, once hailed as “America's Mayor” for his leadership after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been mired in legal troubles since the 2020 election.
He faces criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 election results.
He was charged with nine felonies in Arizona and 13 felonies in Georgia. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges in both cases.
The former mayor also filed for bankruptcy in December after being awarded a $148 million defamation lawsuit in which he falsely accused two Georgia pollsters of trying to steal votes from President Trump in the Peach State. I applied.
Mr. Giuliani's New York bankruptcy case was dismissed in July after a judge ruled that Mr. Giuliani had repeatedly absconded with his assets.
