Why was Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York?
RUDY Giuliani garnered international attention as the personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump.
However, Giuliani's time as Trump's personal attorney .
Why was Rudy Giuliani banned from practicing law in New York?
On Thursday, June 24, the New York courts announced was barred from practicing law in over "false statements to courts and public" while he was 's lawyer.
The former Big Apple mayor's suspension comes .
The decision was released by the New York courts in a hefty statement, confirming that "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani issued false statements following the results of the 2020 presidential election.
They added that the misinformation was issued "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."
"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."
They then went on to conclude that Giuliani's actions threatened public interest and therefore "warrants interim suspension from the practice of law."
has been under pressure over his involvement with the Trump "Stop the Steal" campaign, as well as his ties to .
In April, federal investigators seized electronic devices from Giuliani's apartment after executing a search warrant as part of a federal probe.
What New York Rule of Professional Conduct is Giuliani accused of breaking?
These are the rules in New York that Giuliani is alleged to have violated:
- Rule 3.3: which provides that "(a) A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal...."
- Rule 4.1: which provides that "In the course of representing a client, a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of fact or law to a third person"
- Rule 8.4: "A lawyer or law firm not: ... (c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, ... or (h) engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness as a lawyer."
What did Rudy say about his April FBI raid?
In May, Giuliani explained to what his New York apartment.
"At about 6 a.m there was a banging on my door, a very loud banging, and outside there was a group of an endless number of FBI agents," Giuliani told the outlet.
"Usually a person who has been a former assistant U.S. attorney, a U.S. attorney, a mayor, the associate attorney general, usually they receive a subpoena, not have their home raided."
However, the former New York City mayor believes that the is trying to frame him and that the only lawyers that would be raided would be connected to former President Trump.
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"The only lawyers they raid are lawyers for Donald Trump," he said.
"I can't think of another lawyer that has been raided other than lawyers for Trump.
"Trump is in a special category because he doesn't have constitutional rights."