D.C. bar panel finds Giuliani violated attorney rules in bid to overturn 2020 election
The three-member disciplinary committee agreed that Rudy Giuliani’s handling of litigation in Pennsylvania crossed ethical lines.
A bar discipline committee in Washington, D.C., has concluded that Rudy Giuliani violated at least one professional rule in his efforts to help former President Donald Trump challenge the results of the 2020 election — a preliminary finding that could result in the suspension or loss of his law license.
The three-member disciplinary committee agreed that Giuliani’s handling of litigation in Pennsylvania crossed ethical lines. Their finding came after a week of testimony by Giuliani — who said Trump waived attorney-client privilege to permit him to testify — and some of his allies, including Trump advisers Bernie Kerik, Christina Bobb and Corey Lewandowski.
“Mr. Giuliani has testified on several occasions that he believes there was a conspiracy,” said D.C. Bar counsel Phil Fox, who investigated and argued the case for Giuliani’s punishment. “There was a conspiracy, and he was the head of it.”
Fox’s case relied on Giuliani’s rushed effort to file lawsuits to throw out hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania votes without any direct evidence of election fraud. Giuliani testified about his hurried drive to Pennsylvania on Nov. 4 in a car with former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to challenge the Pennsylvania election results and to begin spreading discredited claims that the election had been stolen.
Fox said the panel should disbar Giuliani for his conduct.
“I think the harm that was done is unprecedented,” Fox said. “The only sanction that’s appropriate for this kind of misconduct is disbarment.”
Fox and Giuliani will now submit written submissions that the committee will consider before issuing a final finding.
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A D.C. bar panel found that Rudy Giuliani violated at least one professional rule in his efforts to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election.
The preliminary finding could result in the suspension or loss of Giuliani's law license.https://t.co/hMKwZniJPL
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