Panel of the Washington, D.C., Bar makes tentative, non-binding determination that Rudy Giuliani likely violated at least one professional conduct rule during his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania.
Rudy Giuliani arrives for a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 19, 2020.Dec. 15, 2022, 5:01 PM UTCThe D.C. Bar's disciplinary counsel on Thursday recommended that Rudy Giuliani be disbarred after a hearing panel tentatively determined he likely violated at least one professional conduct rule during his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania.
“Any lawyer that engages in this kind of misconduct, harming the country as this has done, has at least got to realize that his or her law license is at risk,” Fox said. John Leventhal, Giuliani’s lawyer, argued for a just a minor disciplinary measure, like a letter of reprimand or private admonition, arguing that the disciplinary counsel’s arguments rely heavily on politics.
The panel is set to issue a final report with its recommendations to the D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility, which will decide whether to accept the recommendation after both sides make further filings. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will make the final determination on any disciplinary action toward Giuliani.his work on a lawsuit that sought to toss the 2020 election results in the state at a hearing before a committee of the D.C.
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