A New York appellate court has dealt a harsh blow to former President Donald Trump’s ally and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The court decided to suspend Giuliani’s law license today after finding that he made “demonstrably false and misleading” statements about last year’s election while serving as former President Donald Trump’s attorney.
The court released their decision with a 33-page document that can be accessed here. The court panel reported to the public:
“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 ruling continued:
“These false statements were made to improperly bolster respondent’s narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client,”
it went further:
“We conclude that respondent’s conduct immediately threatens the public interest and warrants interim suspension from the practice of law, pending further proceedings before the Attorney Grievance Committee.”
Marc Elias tweeted:
“BREAKING: New York Court SUSPENDS Rudy Giuliani from practicing law. “There is uncontroverted evidence that [Giuliani] communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer.”
It doesn’t appear that Giuliani, nor former President Trump have responded as of yet. We do expect Rudy Giuliani to challenge this, but it’s tough to say what sort of standing he will have.”
🚨BREAKING: New York Court SUSPENDS Rudy Giuliani from practicing law.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) June 24, 2021
“There is uncontroverted evidence that [Giuliani] communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer.”https://t.co/BQMeGrT1ww
Matt couch tweeted:
“Liberals celebrating the cancelling of Free Speech today with Rudy Giuliani’s law license being suspended for challenging the status quo.. They are the enemies to our Republic for Which it Stands…”
Liberals celebrating the cancelling of Free Speech today with Rudy Giuliani’s law license being suspended for challenging the status quo.. They are the enemies to our Republic for Which it Stands… https://t.co/Hb00krxy1D
— Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) June 24, 2021
From NBC News in part:
The panel also reviewed false claims Giuliani made about the number of mail-in ballots requested in Pennsylvania. Giuliani’s defense was that he did not know those assertions were false and that a member of his “team” had gotten incorrect data from the state’s website.
But the court said: “There is simply no proof to support this explanation.”
“For instance, there is no affidavit from this supposed team member who is not identified by name or otherwise, nor is there any copy of the web page that purportedly listed the allegedly incorrect data,” the ruling said. “In fact, the only proof in this record is the official data on the Pennsylvania open data portal correctly listing the ballots requested as 3.08 million.”
The panel also cited comments Giuliani made in a Pennsylvania court last year. During that appearance, Giuliani said: “I don’t know what’s more serious than being denied your right to vote in a democracy.”
“We agree,” the panel wrote. “It is the very reason why espousing false factual information to large segments of the public as a means of discrediting the rights of legitimate voters is so immediately harmful to it and warrants interim suspension from the practice of law.”
Time will tell what comes of this breaking and shocking news. Stay tuned for potential updates and responses from Donald Trump and/or Rudy Giuliani.
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