Rudy Giuliani Likely Committed Misconduct Over 2020 Election, DC Bar Panel Finds
- Ethics panel attorney alleged he ‘weaponized his law license’
- Panel’s decision is a preliminary finding and not final
Rudy Giuliani
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Attorney disciplinary regulators recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in Washington, DC, after a local bar association panel’s preliminary finding that he likely committed misconduct in pressing Donald Trump’s failed legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Pennsylvania.
Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton “Phil” Fox, whose office brought the ethics complaint against Giuliani, argued that the most severe sanction — losing his law license in Washington — was appropriate because Giuliani’s conduct in Pennsylvania was part of a broader effort to undermine the legitimacy of an election.