A New York court has banned Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Giuliani on Tuesday. Giuliani previously served as mayor of New York City, a federal prosecutor and legal counsel to Donald Trump.
According to Associated pressthe court found that he repeatedly made false statements about the former president’s second failed attempt to run for office in 2020.
A New York appeals court in Manhattan ruled that Giuliani would be “disqualified from the practice of law, effective immediately and until further order of this Court, and his name stricken from the roll of attorneys and legal counsel of the State of New York.”
The court said in its ruling that Giuliani “essentially admitted” most of the facts supporting the alleged acts of misconduct. It further found that Giuliani “falsely and dishonestly” claimed during the 2020 presidential election that thousands of ballots were cast in the names of dead people in Philadelphia, including the late boxer Joe Frazier.
Rudy Giuliani also falsely claimed that people were brought from the nearby city of Camden, New Jersey, to vote illegally in the Pennsylvania city, the court said.
Giuliani’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, shared that there was “disappointment” but no surprise with the court’s decision. He claims they “made a valiant effort” to prevent the impeachment.
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Moving forward, Rudy Giuliani must “desist and refrain from practicing law in any capacity,” including offering opinions on the law and its application. He may no longer represent himself “as an attorney and legal counsel” in any capacity.
The AP reports that his New York law license was already suspended before the ruling. According to court records, before pleading Trump’s case in November 2020, Giuliani, a former mob prosecutor, had not appeared in court as an attorney since 1992.
However, he has become Trump’s main mouthpiece behind his false claims of voter fraud. You may recall that such election lies helped push an angry mob of pro-Trump protesters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in an effort to stop the certification of Biden’s victory.
Additionally, Giuliani’s L comes amid the Supreme Court inadvertently giving Trump a W on Monday (July 1). In a landmark 6-3 decision, the nation’s highest court ruled that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.
This update comes a month after Donald’s New York hush money trial is over with a guilty verdict on 34 counts. Their decision also means that Donald Trump will not face a conviction in his pending election case in Washington, D.C. before the next presidential vote.
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Associated Press staff writer Philip Marcelo contributed to this report.
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