A disciplinary board in Washington on Friday recommended that Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer and ally to former President Donald Trump, should be disbarred due to his arguments claiming the 2020 presidential election had been stolen. The Board on Professional Responsibility concluded that Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, made “frivolous” claims as he unsuccessfully argued that election officials in Pennsylvania had failed to protect against voter fraud.
“He urged a federal judge to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters even though he had no objectively reliable evidence that any such scheme existed, or even that any illegal mail-in ballots had been counted,” wrote the board, which acts as the disciplinary arm of the DC Court of Appeals.
“We conclude that disbarment is the only sanction that will protect the public, the courts, and the integrity of the legal profession, and deter other lawyers from launching similarly baseless claims in the pursuit of such wide-ranging yet completely unjustified relief,” the panel wrote.
These recommendations will now be considered by the DC Court of Appeals, which holds ultimate authority over attorney licensure matters in the District of Columbia. For further details, see the original report on Bloomberg Law.