Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York state
By Erica Orden, Veronica Stracqualursi and Katelyn Polantz, CNN
Updated 9:55 PM ET, Thu June 24, 2021
(CNN)Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump who once held one of the legal profession's most prestigious jobs, was suspended Thursday from practicing law in New York state by an appellate court that found he made "demonstrably false and misleading statements" about the 2020 election.
In a ruling released following disciplinary proceedings, the court concluded that "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani, the former Manhattan US attorney, "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."
Giuliani's "conduct immediately threatens the public interest and warrants interim suspension from the practice of law," the court wrote.
The suspension of his law license marks a precipitous fall for the former New York City mayor, once considered an accomplished and formidable force in legal circles. In recent years, however, Giuliani's reputation has suffered as he has come under criminal investigation by the office he used to lead, the Manhattan US attorney's office, for possible illegal lobbying. He has denied wrongdoing.
Giuliani said later Thursday that he was "not very happy" with the court's decision and argued that his comments were not a threat to the public.
"I made all those statements -- not a single one of them led to a protest, a riot, an incident, an anything," he said in an interview with Newsmax. "Obviously, those statements do not have the impact of creating danger."
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