Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and former lawyer to President Donald Trump, has had his law license suspended in the Empire State.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court moved to suspend his license from practicing law on Thursday for his violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
The group concluded there was “uncontroverted evidence” that he “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at election in 2020.”
The group also wrote in its ruling that the statements were made “to improperly bolster” Trump’s “narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client.”
Giuliani, who represented the former president in the aftermath of the 2020 election, participated in a coordinated effort by the Trump campaign to overturn the election results through various methods, including the dozens of lawsuits and the promotion of conspiracy theories.
He, among others, was sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion and Smartmatic as part of a $2.7 billion lawsuit over their claims that their companies engaged in a conspiracy to change the outcome of the election in President Joe Biden’s favor.
Trump, despite the lawsuits against those in his orbit and the Capitol riot, during which hundreds of his supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the peaceful transition of power, has maintained he was the rightful winner of the election.
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Giuliani, who was admitted to the state bar in New York in 1969, spent eight years as the mayor of New York City and led the city after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
A spokesperson for Giuliani did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
