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Less than two weeks after his law license was suspended in New York as a result of the lies he peddled in a bid to subvert the 2020 election on former President Trump’s behalf, Rudy Giuliani was dealt another blow with his suspension from practicing law in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
An order filed in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals cites the former mayor’s suspension from practicing law in New York as key to its decision to suspend his law license in D.C.
“ORDERED pursuant to D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 11(d), that the respondent is
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Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer of former President Donald Trump during the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, had his law license in Washington, D.C., suspended on Wednesday.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals made the decision following consideration of a June 24 order from the New York Supreme Court that suspended Giuliani s credentials to practice law in the Empire State. Guiliani is temporarily barred from being an attorney pending final disposition from the D.C. court.
The former New York City mayor, who peddled election fraud claims as a staunch ally of Trump following the 2020 presidential election, previously had his law license suspended in New York for inaccurate claims about the outcome of the race and violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practicing law in Washington, D.C., pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings in New York.
A D.C. appellate court issued the ruling on Wednesday, two weeks after a New York court similarly suspended Giuliani’s ability to practice law in the state for making “demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public” while trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election on behalf of former president Trump.
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