Disciplinary panel recommends Giuliani disbarment over ‘utter disregard for facts’ in 2020 election – By Dareh Gregorian (NBC News) / July 7, 2023
An attorney committee for the DC Bar said the former Trump lawyer should lose his law license over a “malicious and meritless” lawsuit that sought to toss thousands of votes.
A disciplinary board for the DC Bar Association recommended Friday that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be stripped of his law license over reckless fraud claims after the 2020 election.
The panel announced its findings in a 38-page decision centered on a post-election lawsuit Giuliani filed in an effort to dismiss thousands of votes in the battleground state of Pennsylvania won by President Joe Biden.
“Mr. Giuliani’s effort to undermine the integrity of the 2020 presidential election has helped destabilize our democracy. His malicious and meritless claims have done lasting damage,” the panel wrote.
“He claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence of it. By prosecuting that destructive case Mr. Giuliani, a sworn officer of the Court, forfeited his right to practice law,” the panel added. “His utter disregard for facts denigrates the legal profession.”
