The D.C. Court of Appeals issued a one-page decision revoking Giuliani’s law license, which had been temporarily suspended since 2021. In May, the Board on Professional Responsibility recommended disbarment, citing Giuliani’s ethical violations in challenging the election results. The board concluded there was no factual basis for claims of widespread voter fraud, including allegations that illegal votes were counted or that votes for Joe Biden were unlawfully inflated. “We conclude that disbarment is the only sanction that will protect the public, the courts, and the integrity of the legal profession, and deter other lawyers from launching similarly baseless claims in the pursuit of such wide-ranging yet completely unjustified relief,” the board said in its recommendation. Giuliani’s legal team blasted the disbarment, calling it a politically motivated “travesty.” “This is an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice. Members of the legal community who want to protect the integrity of our justice system should immediately speak out against this partisan, politically motivated decision,” Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, wrote in a statement to Rolling Stone. “The people coming after Mayor Giuliani can’t take away the fact that he remains the most effective prosecutor in American history, who did more to improve the lives of others than almost any other American alive today.” The D.C. ruling follows Giuliani's disbarment in New York in July 2021, where a court found he repeatedly made false statements regarding the 2020 election. In its ruling, the New York Supreme Court cited "uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani communicated false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public, adding that his conduct "immediately threatened the public interest." The court further stated, “Contrary to respondent's allegations, there is nothing on the record before us that would permit the conclusion that respondent lacked knowledge of the falsehood of the numerous statements that he made, and that he had a good faith basis to believe them to be true.” Giuliani still faces criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona related to his actions following the 2020 election.Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., for his role in defending former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
