Rudy Giuliani, once mayor of New York City and U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was removed “effective immediately” for his efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. -fair.
A panel of judges from the New York Appellate Division, First Department he wrote that Giuliani “flagrantly misused” his position as former President Trump’s lawyer and his campaign to make “intentionally” false statements to the courts, lawmakers and the public.
“In doing so, the defendant not only deliberately violated some of the most fundamental principles of the legal profession, but also actively contributed to the national conflict that followed the 2020 presidential election, which he has not fully regretted,” they wrote in a 31-page decision.
The New York appeals panel ordered Giuliani to “desist and refrain” from practicing law in any form, presenting himself as a lawyer before any court or public authority, giving legal advice, or holding himself out “in any way” as a lawyer. .
The decision cited Giuliani’s false claims about smuggled ballots, dead voters or non-U.S. citizens voting in the election as part of its reasoning. The focus was on false claims he made about elections in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Giuliani was admitted to the New York bar more than 50 years ago in 1969, but his license to practice law was suspended in 2021 because of his efforts to keep Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election His law license was also suspended in Washington, D.C., for the same issues.
Once dubbed “America’s Mayor” for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York, Giuliani has been indicted in Georgia and Arizona for his efforts to overturn the election in Trump’s favor. He is also an unidentified and unindicted co-conspirator in the Trump federal election subversion case.
He filed for bankruptcy in December when a jury ordered him to pay a staggering $148 million to two former election workers in Georgia whom he baselessly accused of committing fraud.
Ted Goodman, Giuliani’s political adviser, said the former New York mayor plans to appeal the decision.
“Members of the legal community who respect the rule of law in this country must immediately speak up and speak out against this politically and ideologically corrupt decision by the New York Bar Association,” Goodman said. “We will appeal this objectively flawed decision in the hope that the appeals process will restore the integrity of our justice system.”
The Lawyers’ Complaints Committee declined to comment.
— Updated at 12:30 p.m.
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