On Friday, the D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommended that Rudy Giuliani be barred from practicing law in the nation’s capital.
In its report, the board cited Giuliani’s work in Pennsylvania after the 2020 presidential election, where he tried to overturn the election results in favor of his former client, Donald Trump.
“The Board agrees with the Hearing Committee that the Disciplinary Counsel found by clear and convincing evidence that the Respondent violated the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct,” the report states. “As for the sanction, we agree with the Hearing Committee that the right of accountability should be denied.”
This report follows one from last year, where the disciplinary board for the DC Bar also recommended that Giuliani be disbarred. The case now goes to the D.C. Court of Appeals, which will decide whether Giuliani, who previously served as mayor of New York City, should be removed from office.
In a statement to NBC News, Giuliani’s spokesman Ted Goodman blamed the report’s findings on “partisan Democrats” and said the decision would discourage lawyers from taking Trump as a client.
“This recommendation is not surprising as partisan Democrats continue to destroy the credibility of the American justice system in order to defeat President Trump and retain power,” Goodman said.
“Taking away the mayor’s law license is to discourage lawyers from representing clients like President Donald Trump or anyone who wants to take on the ruling political establishment,” he said.
Goodman also urged “rank and file members of the DC Bar Association to speak out against this irresponsible and anti-American recommendation — regardless of whether you agree with the mayor’s policies.”
Giuliani already has a law license Suspended in New Yorkwhere a New York court ruled that he “made manifestly false and misleading statements” after the 2020 presidential election.
Another former Trump attorney is Jenna Ellis Prohibited from practicing law in Colorado Three years after the work he did for Trump after the last election.