Washington — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who represented former President Donald Trump in his bid to overturn the 2020 election results, has been disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday.
Giuliani Attorney License in the District of Columbia It was stopped Since the summer of 2021, a one-page decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered the former federal prosecutor to be disbarred from practicing law.
Disciplinary proceedings against Giuliani began in DC in June 2021, following a New York court ruling. stop him In his legal practice, the court ruled that he spread false information about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election while serving as personal attorney for Trump and the Trump campaign.
A New York appeals court said at the time that there was “irrefutable evidence” that Giuliani made “patently false and misleading statements” to courts, lawmakers and the public while attempting to overturn the election results.
he is be officially disbarred from being a lawyer In New York in July, the stunning downfall of a politician who had served as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor and then as mayor of New York City, was announced. Giuliani earned the nickname “America’s mayor” after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and was an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.
His latest bar disbarment joins a slew of legal problems for Giuliani stemming from his failed attempt to block the transfer of power following the 2020 election. He faces charges including: Georgia and Arizona It stemmed from attempts to overturn election results in two states, I begged innocence In both cases.
Federal judges too hold him accountable Last year, a jury in Georgia convicted him of contempt for two former election officials. ordered him Giuliani told them to pay him $148 million. I filed for bankruptcy. According to the decision.
