D.C. Bar Recommends Rudy Giuliani Be Disbarred For Lying In Court Filings

The D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility recommended that Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for lying in court filings.

Giuliani had been central in many attempts to help resist the transfer of power in 2020, such as making calls to statehouse leaders.

The Board on Professional Responsibility’s recommendation still requires approval from the D.C. Court of Appeals. It scornfully reviewed the former New York City mayor’s attempts to battle his client’s loss in Pennsylvania.

“The Board agrees with the Hearing Committee that Disciplinary Counsel proved by clear and convincing evidence that Respondent violated Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct,” their report mentioned. “With respect to sanction, we agree with the Hearing Committee that Respondent should be disbarred.”

They also wrote that the former New York City mayor “urged a federal judge to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters even though he had no objectively reliable evidence that any such scheme existed.”

The board mentioned that disbarment is not usually proposed for filing frivolous lawsuits but wrote that no other cases “involve the aggravating factors” viewed in Giuliani’s case.

“No prior disciplinary cases involving frivolous litigation are remotely comparable to this case,” they added. 

“We conclude that disbarment is the only sanction that will protect the public, the courts, and the integrity of the legal profession and deter other lawyers from launching similarly baseless claims in the pursuit of such wide-ranging yet completely unjustified relief,” the board stated.

Giuliani’s spokesman called “on rank-and-file members of the D.C. Bar Association to speak out against this irresponsible and anti-American recommendation.”

In late May, Giuliani launched a self-branded coffee line called Rudy Coffee while dealing with his legal woes and costs. The new brand appeared to be an attempt to raise money for the lawyer’s expanding list of creditors. 

In a video, Giuliani stated, “by supporting Rudy Coffee, you’re not just treating yourself to exceptional coffee, you’re also supporting our cause – the cause of truth, justice, and American democracy.”

On May 28, Giuliani’s bankruptcy court creditors chastised him for his appalling “spending habits” and poorly managing his finances. They called on a judge to appoint a trustee to examine his finances as part of his ongoing bankruptcy case. They mentioned in a court filing that he blew off obligations he endured when he filed for bankruptcy on December 21, 2023.

The filing condemned the ex-mayor for his “egregious spending habits” during the bankruptcy proceedings. It noted the “60 Amazon transactions, charges for entertainment such as Netflix, Prime Video, Kindle, Audible, Paramount+ and Apple services and products and numerous Uber rides.”

The filing also recommended that officials investigate whether Giuliani committed “bankruptcy crimes” by allegedly using “his businesses to divert resources away from his estate and creditors in connection with his purported income that he allegedly never personally received.”

The creditors hope to have a hearing on appointing a trustee on June 17.