Rudy Giuliani: lawyers call for Trump's personal attorney to lose law licence [View all]
Source: Reuters
Giuliani criticised for making false claims about election fraud and calling for ‘trial by combat’ before Capitol attack
Rudy Giuliani under fire from prominent lawyers’ group over election fraud claims and inciting pro-Trump mob at Capitol.
Reuters
Thu 21 Jan 2021 21.12 EST
A group of prominent lawyers has asked New York’s judiciary to suspend Rudy Giuliani’s law licence for making false claims in post-election lawsuits and urging Donald Trump’s supporters to engage in “trial by combat” shortly before they stormed the US Capitol.
Lawyers Defending American Democracy is also calling for investigation of Giuliani, who served as a federal prosecutor and a New York City mayor before Trump hired him as personal attorney.
“This complaint is about law, not politics,” said their letter to the attorney grievance committee for the New York supreme court. It was signed by more than 40 lawyers.
Giuliani did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/22/rudy-giuliani-lawyers-call-for-trumps-personal-attorney-to-lose-law-license
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