Rudy Giuliani Disbarred in Washington, D.C. for 'Unparalleled' Attempts to Overturn 2020 Election

Mar. 15, 2025

Rudolph Giuliani.Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty

Rudy Giuliani— the former mayor of New York City and ex-lawyer forDonald Trump— was officiallydisbarredin Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 26, for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The news dropped on the same day thatan indictment for current N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams was unsealedwith five criminal counts related to foreign bribery and wire fraud.

The decision to disbar Giuliani from practicing law in D.C. came more than a year after a legal ethics committee declared in a38-page decisionin July 2023 that his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Trump had “done lasting damage” to the oath he swore to support the U.S. Constitution.

PerThe Washington Post, the panel alluded to Giuliani’s past as a beloved figure in politics who sought to bring Americans together in the wake of theSept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“The misconduct here sadly transcends all his past accomplishments,” the committee wrote. “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.”

Rudy Giuliani speaks at an event for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty

Giuliani’s close connection with the former president, and his attempts to bend the law on Trump’s behalf, have led to a near-unraveling of the legal career of a man once known as “America’s mayor.”

The court then temporarilysuspended Giuliani’s law license in New York. Shortly after that, his D.C. law license wastemporarily suspended.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference in Miami in July 2021.Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty

Giuliani has been mired in multiple other legal issues related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Giuliani wasindicted in a Georgia election subversion casein August 2023, alongside Trump himself and 17 other MAGA allies. He was indicted in May 2024 ina similar election interference case in Arizona. He has pleaded not guilty.

Former White House aideCassidy Hutchinsonlater alleged inher 2023 memoirthat, shortly before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot began, Giulianigroped her beneath her skirtwhile claiming the administration would find a way to stay in power. He denied the accusation.

Giulianifiled for bankruptcyin December 2023, citing $500 million of debt.

source: people.com