Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred over his statements contesting the 2020 election in which President Joe Biden defeated the incumbent President Donald Trump.
A New York Appeals court says that the charges were filed after Mr. Giuliani “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to the courts, lawmakers, and the public at large” in his role as the former president’s attorney.
“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,” the appeals court said.
In 2021, Mr. Giuliani’s license was suspended “until further notice,” the appeals court said….
