New York Supreme Court suspends Giuliani's law license

The New York Supreme Court has announced that it is suspending former US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s license to practice law in the state over his serious misconduct.  

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court on Thursday found that Giuliani made “demonstrably false and misleading statements” to courts, members of Congress and the public when he represented Trump and his campaign in their attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

The court said the seriousness of Giuliani's "uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated."

The court also said a disciplinary action continues to be considered against Giuliani. 

“For the reasons that follow, we conclude that there is uncontroverted evidence that respondent communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020,” the court wrote.

The court said it took the decision due to Giuliani’s “incredibly serious” misconduct, which it said posed “an immediate threat to the public.”

“This country is being torn apart by continued attacks on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and of our current president, Joseph R. Biden. The hallmark of our democracy is predicated on free and fair elections. False statements intended to foment a loss of confidence in our elections and resulting loss of confidence in government generally damage the proper functioning of a free society,” the court wrote.

The court also said that Giuliani’s misconduct will “likely result in substantial permanent sanctions” once the disciplinary proceedings have concluded.

In the weeks following the disputed US 2020 presidential election, Giuliani was one of the attorneys overseeing Trump’s legal challenges to the electoral results in a number of states.

Giuliani raid strikes fear in Trump inner circle

An FBI raid on the Manhattan apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani is striking fear in the inner circle of former US President Donald Trump about what might be coming next.

In April, federal investigators carried out a search warrant at the home and office of Giuliani. The warrant was in relation to a probe led by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York.

Giuliani has been spearheading Trump’s fight through a flurry of lawsuits. Both Trump and Giuliani have repeatedly said that the outcome was marred by widespread fraud.

Following their claims, the US Capitol building on January 6 this year came under attack from the thousands of supporters of Trump over the disputed 2020 presidential election result.

Trump claimed that the election was rigged by the Washington establishment in favor of Joe Biden, the current president.  According to recent surveys, most Republicans still believe that the election was stolen from Trump, and he is the legitimate president of the United States.

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