From showing up in a Borat movie with his hands down his pants to being criminally charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia and Arizona, Rudy Giuliani has suffered many a rough day during his 80 years on Earth. Today’s kick in the pants? Losing his license to practice law in the state where he once served not only as mayor but as one of its most powerful prosecutors.
Yes, Giuliani was officially—and permanently—disbarred in New York on Tuesday over his work as a personal and campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, which saw the ex-mayor and former US attorney for the Southern District of New York telling all manner of lies in an effort to keep Trump in power. Those lies, a New York State appellate court wrote, were “designed to create distrust of the elective system of our country in the minds of the citizens and to destroy their confidence in the legitimacy of our government.”
The court added that “the seriousness of respondent’s misconduct cannot be overstated,” noting that Giuliani had “flagrantly misused his prominent position as the personal attorney for former president Trump and his campaign” and “baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process.” In doing so, the court said, the ex-mayor “not only deliberately violated some of the most fundamental tenets of the legal profession, but he also actively contributed to the national strife that has followed the 2020 presidential election, for which he is entirely unrepentant.”
Giuliani’s New York law license was initially suspended in 2021; in May, the board that oversees disciplinary recommendations for attorneys who have been admitted to the bar in Washington, DC, said he should not be allowed to practice law there. In response to the loss of his license in New York, Barry Kamins, a lawyer for Giuliani, told The New York Times: “Mr. Giuliani is obviously disappointed in the decision. We are weighing our appellate options.”
Last December, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay nearly $150 million in damages to two Georgia election workers he defamed. Creditors have suggested in court filings he may be hiding assets; despite agreeing to a $43,000-a-month budget, he reportedly spent nearly triple that in January.
Interesting take from this guy in particular
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