Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump who once held one of the legal profession's most prestigious jobs, was suspended Thursday from practicing law in New York state by an appellate court that found he made"demonstrably false and misleading statements" about the 2020 election.
The suspension of his law license marks a precipitous fall for the former New York City mayor, once considered an accomplished and formidable force in legal circles. In recent years, however, Giuliani's reputation has suffered as he has come under criminal investigation by the office he used to lead, the Manhattan US Attorney's office, for possible illegal lobbying. He has denied wrongdoing.
In its ruling, the New York appellate court wrote of Giuliani that his"false statements were made to improperly bolster respondent's narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client." The court said it found an interim suspension to be necessary because Giuliani's behavior demonstrated an"immediate threat to the public."
"In a case this difficult, this is pretty quick turnaround, especially considering the amount of complaints they had to evaluate," Minkoff said."He still has the right to a hearing. But that will take some time before that happens. He's got a long process ahead before he'll be able to practice again."
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