Rudy Giuliani Receives Permanent Disbarment in Washington, DC
The ex-mayor of New York City faced allegations of ethical violations while serving as legal counsel for Donald Trump during the electoral disputes of 2020.
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Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has had his law license permanently revoked in Washington, D.C., following a similar ruling by a New York court earlier this year. This action stems from Giuliani’s involvement in former President Donald Trump's efforts to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election.
On Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals issued a one-page order that did not specifically address a bar committee's recommendation from May for Giuliani's disbarment. This recommendation was based on his pursuit of a legal challenge against the election results in Pennsylvania, which lacked factual support.
A three-judge panel from the D.C. court determined that Giuliani did not respond to an order asking him to justify why he should not face "reciprocal" disbarment after New York’s appeals court decided to revoke his law license. Giuliani had been temporarily suspended by the D.C. court in July 2021 after he was informed of the suspension in New York.
In 2022, a disciplinary panel from the D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility suggested that Giuliani be disbarred, leading to the indefinite suspension of his law license. He was contesting this recommendation when the appeals court reached its decision on Thursday.
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, stated, “This is an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice. Members of the legal community who want to protect the integrity of our justice system should immediately speak out against this partisan, politically motivated decision.”
It remains unclear why Giuliani did not respond to the D.C. court while he continuously challenged the separate case brought against him by D.C. bar authorities in 2022. His legal team involved in the bar proceedings did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Although the court's decision did not hinge on the D.C. Bar panel's misconduct findings, it concludes a series of disciplinary investigations in both New York and Washington, D.C. Bar investigators highlighted Giuliani's unethical behavior regarding the inaccurate and unsupported claims he made to a federal court in Pennsylvania as part of an effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
A New York panel similarly identified misconduct before Giuliani was disbarred in that state, where he gained prominence as a federal prosecutor and as a tough-on-crime Republican politician, subsequently guiding the city through the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The five-judge appellate panel remarked that Giuliani “repeatedly and intentionally made false statements, some of which were perjurious, to the federal court, state lawmakers, the public … and this Court concerning the 2020 Presidential election, in which he baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process.”
Ian Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
On Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals issued a one-page order that did not specifically address a bar committee's recommendation from May for Giuliani's disbarment. This recommendation was based on his pursuit of a legal challenge against the election results in Pennsylvania, which lacked factual support.
A three-judge panel from the D.C. court determined that Giuliani did not respond to an order asking him to justify why he should not face "reciprocal" disbarment after New York’s appeals court decided to revoke his law license. Giuliani had been temporarily suspended by the D.C. court in July 2021 after he was informed of the suspension in New York.
In 2022, a disciplinary panel from the D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility suggested that Giuliani be disbarred, leading to the indefinite suspension of his law license. He was contesting this recommendation when the appeals court reached its decision on Thursday.
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, stated, “This is an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice. Members of the legal community who want to protect the integrity of our justice system should immediately speak out against this partisan, politically motivated decision.”
It remains unclear why Giuliani did not respond to the D.C. court while he continuously challenged the separate case brought against him by D.C. bar authorities in 2022. His legal team involved in the bar proceedings did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Although the court's decision did not hinge on the D.C. Bar panel's misconduct findings, it concludes a series of disciplinary investigations in both New York and Washington, D.C. Bar investigators highlighted Giuliani's unethical behavior regarding the inaccurate and unsupported claims he made to a federal court in Pennsylvania as part of an effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
A New York panel similarly identified misconduct before Giuliani was disbarred in that state, where he gained prominence as a federal prosecutor and as a tough-on-crime Republican politician, subsequently guiding the city through the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The five-judge appellate panel remarked that Giuliani “repeatedly and intentionally made false statements, some of which were perjurious, to the federal court, state lawmakers, the public … and this Court concerning the 2020 Presidential election, in which he baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process.”
Ian Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
