Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss.He is facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona over his role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The former mob prosecutor was admitted to the New York bar in 1969 but before pleading Trump's case in November 2020, Mr Giuliani had not appeared in court as an attorney since 1992, according to court records. Mr Giuliani argued in hearings held last October that he believed the claims he was making on behalf of the Trump campaign were true, but the court, in its decision, said it was not convinced.
"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 decision read.In May, WABC radio suspended him and cancelled his daily talk show because he refused to stop making false claims about the 2020 election.A board in May recommended that he be disbarred, though a court has the final say.
The Arizona indictment accuses Mr Giuliani of pressuring Maricopa County officials and state legislators to change the outcome of Arizona's results and encouraging Republican electors in the state to vote for Trump in December 2020. But after unsuccessful runs for the US Senate and the presidency, and a lucrative career as a globetrotting consultant, Mr Giuliani smashed his image as a centrist who could get along with Democrats as he became one of Trump's most loyal defenders.
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