NEW YORK: A court suspended Rudy Giuliani's law licence in the state of New York on Thursday for claiming that Donald Trump lost last year's presidential election because of fraud.
"These 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 appellate court wrote in a 33-page ruling. The request to remove his licence was filed by dozens of prominent lawyers who said they were acting to defend American democracy.Giuliani can challenge the decision, however the ruling noted that at the end of the proceedings he will likely face"substantial permanent sanctions".
He was also mayor of New York City for eight years, earning national acclaim for leading the US financial capital in the aftermath of the Sep 11, 2001 attacks on the US by Al-Qaeda.