Rudy Giuliani lost his law license for his “demonstrably false and misleading” statements. The court found that the lawyer endangered the profession and the democratic process.
Rudy Giuliani was expelled from the New York Bar Association for his false statements about the 2020 election, in which he questioned Joe Biden’s electoral victory. The decision was published on Tuesday by a New York appeals court and shared by American media.
Former Mayor of New York He had already been suspended from practicing law since 2021while the court evaluates his case, but the suspension decision is permanent, with no possibility of being revoked. The court concluded that Giuliani “not only deliberately violated some of the most fundamental principles of the legal profession, but also He actively contributed to the national conflict. that followed the 2020 presidential election.”
These were Giuliani’s statements as Donald Trump’s legal adviser in 2020. At the time, the lawyer argued that Trump had lost the presidential election because thousands of votes had been cast for Joe Biden in the names of voters who had already died. He also said that some voters, being from New Jersey, had gone to the state of Pennsylvania, voting twice for the Democratic candidate.
In court, Giuliani pleaded innocent, justifying himself with the fact that he believed that electoral fraud had really occurredThe court found the statements to be “demonstrably false and misleading”, not accepting the justification and highlighting the lawyer’s lack of remorse.
“The seriousness of misconduct cannot be underestimated. [Giuliani] He flagrantly abused his prominent position as personal counsel to former President Trump and his campaign, whereby he repeatedly and willfully made false statements, some of which amounted to perjury, to the federal court, state legislators, the public, and this court regarding the 2020 presidential election, in which he baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process,” the court document reads.
Statements by Trump and his closest advisers, including Giuliani, culminated in the former president’s call to invade the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Charges followed in Georgia and Arizona of conspiracy to alter election results, which also targeted Giuliani.
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Despite being a member of the New York Bar, Rudy Giuliani did not practice law between 1992 and November 2020, when he represented Donald Trump in court. Now, in addition to having lost his license in New York, You can also lose it in Washington DC. where a process to expel him from the Order is also underway, reports the newspaper Político.
Source: Observadora
