Rudy Giuliani expelled in New York for spreading lies about 2020 election


WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, was barred from practicing law in New York on Tuesday after he was found guilty of spreading falsehoods about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.

A New York appeals court concluded that Giuliani was disbarred effective immediately and ordered his name “struck from the rolls of attorneys and counselors” in the state. The court also ordered Giuliani to “cease and refrain” from practicing law in any form, appearing as counsel before any court or judge, giving legal advice or “in any manner holding himself out as counsel and counsel.”

Giuliani, who served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and was mayor of New York City, was allowed to practice law in the state in 1969.

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the press as he leaves the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC on December 11, 2023

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“Members of the legal community who respect the rule of law in this country should immediately come forward and speak out against this politically and ideologically corrupt decision,” Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman said in a statement. “We will appeal this objectively flawed decision in the hope that the appellate process will restore integrity to our justice system.”

The disciplinary charges against Giuliani stem from allegations that he made false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public, claiming that the 2020 election was rife with fraud and that the election was stolen from Trump. Giuliani spread the unsubstantiated claims while working as an attorney for Trump and his re-election campaign in connection with efforts to challenge his election loss.

There was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, and dozens of legal challenges brought by Trump and his campaign were dismissed by the courts.

Giuliani Suspended from practicing law In June 2021 the court in New York found what it said was “indisputable evidence” that he had made false statements that “immediately threatened the public interest.”

A lawyer grievance committee levied 20 disciplinary charges against him based on the conduct behind his suspension. In October, a court-appointed referee held a six-day hearing to investigate the allegations against Giuliani and found that 16 charges had been proven.

The appeals court agreed with the referee's findings, stating that they were “well-founded and well-explained.”

It said the 16 lies spread by Giuliani “were spread intentionally and represented a transparent pattern of conduct intended to deceive.”

“The severity of Defendant’s misconduct cannot be overstated,” the court said. “Defendant blatantly abused his prominent position as personal attorney to former President Trump and his campaign, through which Defendant repeatedly and knowingly made false statements, some of them blatantly false, to federal courts, state lawmakers, the public, the AGC, and this Court regarding the 2020 Presidential Election, in which he baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this nation’s electoral process.”

The appeals court said Giuliani not only violated principles of the legal profession but also “actively contributed to the national conflict that followed the 2020 presidential election, for which he shows no remorse.”

Giuliani claimed that he did not know the statements he made about the election were false and that he had a good basis to believe the allegations that the election was stolen from Trump. Some of the baseless claims made by Giuliani about the election were that people were brought from New Jersey to vote illegally in Philadelphia; trucks in Michigan delivered ballots in paper bags and trash cans; and that thousands of votes in Georgia were cast by dead people.

Giuliani repeated falsehoods about the election in numerous venues in late 2020 and early 2021, including before state lawmakers in Georgia, Michigan, and Missouri and during a memorable press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia, as well as on his radio show.

The court's decision to disqualify Giuliani is the latest setback for the former mayor as he spread falsehoods after the 2020 election. A federal judge held him accountable Two former election workers and a jury in Georgia last year were defamed Giuliani ordered to pay He said he would get $148 million. filed for bankruptcy in view of the decision.

Giuliani also faces state charges Fulton County, GeorgiaAnd Arizona as a result of an alleged conspiracy to overturn the election results there. pleaded not guilty In both cases,


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