Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred, a DC legal ethics panel says.
The Washington DC Board on Professional Responsibility slammed his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Giuliani’s “misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments,” the panel said. “It was unparalleled in its destructive purpose and effect.”
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor turned Donald Trump lawyer, should be disbarred, a Washington DC bar ethics panel said Friday.
The DC Board on Professional Responsibility found that Giuliani violated Pennsylvania’s Rules of Professional Conduct when he filed a lawsuit seeking to toss out millions of votes in the state following the 2020 election.
“We have considered in mitigation Mr. Giuliani’s conduct following the September 11 attacks as well as his prior service in the Justice Department and as Mayor of New York City,” the panel said in a 38-page report released Friday. “The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments.”
The committee added: “It was unparalleled in its destructive purpose and effect. He sought to disrupt a presidential election and persists in his refusal to acknowledge the wrong he has done. For these reasons, we unanimously recommend that Mr. Giuliani be disbarred.”
Insider has reached out to Giuliani’s attorney and his spokesperson for comment on the finding, but didn’t immediately hear back.
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