Rudy Giuliani, one of Donald Trump’s key lawyers, is faced with the crime of professional ethics during the failed efforts of the former US president to overturn the 2020 election results.
This move follows the suspension of legal licenses in New York and the District of Columbia.
The U.S. Disciplinary Advisory Office, the disciplinary department of the District of Columbia Bar, has charged a former federal prosecutor and the Mayor of New York with allegations of unfounded fraudulent voting in Pennsylvania.
The proceeding was filed on June 6, and was published on Friday.
At issue is Giuliani’s allegations in support of a Trump campaign proceeding to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania.
The proceeding, which attempted to invalidate 1.5 million mail ballots, was dismissed by the court.
The lawyer’s office said Giuliani’s actions violated the Pennsylvania Occupational Code of Conduct, “he filed a lawsuit and argued the matter without careless grounds in law and facts,” he said. Did a detrimental act. ” of Justice”.
The lawyer requested the Expert Liability Committee of the DC Appeal Court to address the issue.
According to the filing, Giuliani must respond within 20 days.
This step is the latest action against Giuliani over his role in Mr. Trump’s accused allegations that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.
Last June, the Court of Appeals stopped Giuliani from practicing the law in New York after making a false statement when Giuliani tried to overturn Mr. Trump’s defeat to Joe Biden.
The Attorney’s Disciplinary Action has urged the court to suspend his license because he violated professional rules of conduct because he promoted the theory that elections were stolen by fraud.
DC Bar temporarily suspended him in July last year, but given that Juliani’s legal license in Washington has been revoked since 2002, the practical implications of that action are questionable. is.
The news of the lawyer’s actions follows the first hearing by the US House of Representatives, which investigated the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
Giuliani attended the committee for several hours last month.
