![]() ![]() Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani who serves as his spokesperson, denounced the report in a statement, saying the hearing committee is “nothing more than an arm of the permanent regime in Washington” and urging local attorneys “to speak out against this great injustice.” The panel concluded that “by prosecuting that destructive case,” Giuliani forfeited his right to practice law and should be disbarred. “He claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence of it.” “Respondent’s frivolous lawsuit attempted unjustifiably and without precedent to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters, and ultimately sought to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election,” the three-member hearing committee wrote in their report. The bar’s Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton “Phil” Fox, who pursued the complaint, had argued the former New York City mayor and US attorney “weaponized his law license” to try to undermine the US Constitution. (Bloomberg) - Rudy Giuliani should lose his law license in Washington for directing former President Donald Trump’s failed legal challenge to the 2020 presidential election results in Pennsylvania, an attorney ethics review panel has recommended.Ī District of Columbia Bar committee that heard evidence in the case last year concluded in a report released on Friday that Giuliani, a close ally and adviser to Trump, committed misconduct in pressing a “frivolous” contest to President Joe Biden’s win. ![]()
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