Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City-turned-ardent ally to former President Donald Trump, has been disbarred.
The news was shared by journalist Emily Saul, who works at the New York Law Journal. Her initial post didn’t specify the jurisdiction in which Giuliani was disbarred, though the New York disciplinary proceedings against him came first. The Board on Professional Responsibility at the DC Bar did just recently recommend Giuliani’s disbarment over in the nation’s capital, but as it turns out, it was New York.
“NEW: Rudy Giuliani, former NYC mayor and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has been disbarred,” Saul posted Tuesday to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Giuliani was already suspended from practicing law in both New York and Washington, D.C., in connection to some of his Trump-aligned advocacy following the 2020 presidential election, as the then-outgoing president and key allies of his railed against the outcome, meaning Biden’s victory. Giuliani, though carrying on with a lot of extrajudicial advocacy, eventually showed up in court, participating in some Pennsylvania proceedings and exposing himself to potential consequences in a professional context.
Across the board, legal challenges to Biden’s 2020 victory faltered, and he took office as president.
Giuliani is also criminally charged in two separate cases, though one of them — in Georgia — is mired in delay as some on the defense side challenge the continued participation of lead prosecutor Fani Willis. But another case came after that. Filed in Arizona and also naming others already known around Trump, it hinges on the assembling in the state after the 2020 presidential election of a slate of sham electoral votes backing Trump despite Biden winning the state. Similar efforts were undertaken in other Biden-won states.
Also in MAGA land, outspoken Trump ally Steve Bannon reported to authorities on Monday for a months-long prison sentence on a prior conviction for contempt of Congress, which stemmed from defiance of the House committee that investigated the 2021 Capitol riot.
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