Giuliani, 79, “seriously undermined the administration of justice,” according to the ruling issued on Friday.
A Washington-based legal disciplinary committee has unanimously recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in the nation’s capital over his “frivolous” efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election outcome on behalf of his former client, Donald Trump.
Giuliani, 79, “seriously undermined the administration of justice” when he filed a lawsuit to “change the result of the 2020 presidential election when he had no factual basis, and consequently no legitimate legal grounds, to do so,” according to the 38-page ruling issued on Friday.
The formal statement comes after the three-person panel heard evidence at a misconduct hearing in December.
“Respondent’s frivolous lawsuit attempted unjustifiably and without precedent to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters,” the assessment said of the former New York City mayor’s voter fraud claims in the wake of Trump’s humiliating White House loss.
“He claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence of it,” the scathing take-down continued.
“By prosecuting that destructive case Mr. Giuliani, a sworn officer of the Court, forfeited his right to practice law.
