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Rudy Giuliani is under investigation by the D.C. Bar Association for making numerous unsubstantiated claims of election fraud after the 2020 election. For example, he claimed that 600,000 unlawful votes were cast in Pennsylvania—without providing even a shred of evidence. Lawyers aren't supposed to make wild, false claims.
The D.C. Bar Association began an investigation in 2022. The Disciplinary Committee has now issued its report. Here is its conclusion:
We have considered in mitigation Mr. Giuliani's conduct following the September 11 attacks as well as his prior service in the Justice Department and as Mayor of New York City. But all of that happened long ago. The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments. It was unparalleled in its destructive purpose and effect. He sought to disrupt a presidential election and persists in his refusal to acknowledge the wrong he has done. For these reasons, we unanimously recommend that Mr. Giuliani be disbarred.
The recommendation will now move up a level within the Bar Association hierarchy, but it is very unlikely that such a strong recommendation after a thorough investigation would be ignored. At this point, the only way Giuliani can avoid being formally disbarred is by resigning from the Bar himself before the full Bar acts on the recommendation.
There is also a good chance that Fulton County DA Fani Willis is going to indict Giuliani for lying to the Georgia legislature under oath. At the trial, she could probably introduce this report as evidence that he has a pattern of lying. For someone who once flew so high that he thought of himself as presidential material, he has fallen pretty low. But he has no one but himself to blame.
Giuliani is not the only Trump lawyer who has problems. Trump lawyer and conspiracy theorist Lin Wood is facing disbarment in Georgia. Rather than having the process play out, with a likely disbarment as the result, Wood has asked the Georgia bar to retire his law license. If accepted, that would be permanent, with no possibility of ever getting it back.
In addition, John Eastman is on trial in California in a disbarment procedure. He faces 11 disciplinary charges. It's not looking good for him.
As the saying goes, "The mills of God grind slow, but they grind exceeding fine." (V)