Times remain tough for former New York City mayor and current Trump ally Rudy Giuliani. He was already suspended from practicing law in both New York and Washington, D.C., in connection to his involvement in conspiracy theory-driven litigation challenging the 2020 presidential election, and now, a board in Washington, D.C., has recommended the ex-mayor’s disbarment.
“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,” said the Board on Professional Responsibility associated with the DC Bar, which oversees lawyers. The developments were highlighted by CNN. Presumably, the disbarment would be limited to D.C., though it could feasibly spur consequences elsewhere.
The disciplinary case against Giuliani now must head to the capital’s Court of Appeals — a local, rather than federal, judicial body — before any consequences like the disbarment possibility are finalized.
Giuliani is one of a slew of legal figures tied to Trump to face professional consequences stemming from involvement in targeting the 2020 presidential election outcome, meaning Joe Biden’s electoral victory. John Eastman was suspended from practicing law in both California and the nation’s capital, while Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, was hit with his own disciplinary case in D.C. Jenna Ellis, who somewhat distanced herself from Trump in the aftermath of that period, just recently agreed to a years-long suspension from practicing law in Colorado after she pleaded guilty in a criminal case in Georgia in which Trump was also charged.
For Giuliani, his specific action driving these professional consequences was his joining of a Pennsylvania court case in an evidently official capacity, participating in the actual arguments.
