Matter of Giuliani, 2024 NY Slip Op 03561
Reporting cited here
- documented
Rudy Giuliani represented Donald Trump personally and the Trump campaign in efforts challenging the 2020 presidential election result.
Giuliani acts as Trump's lawyer after the 2020 election · Historical legal and political role
- found liable
Giuliani presented Georgia legislators with video and accused election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea 'Shaye' Moss of criminal ballot fraud. Georgia officials had explained that the video showed normal ballot processing. Courts later treated Giuliani's accusations as false and defamatory; liability and damages were determined in separate proceedings.
Matter of Giuliani, discussion of Georgia claims and official rebuttalsGiuliani falsely accuses Georgia election workers while representing Trump · Statements adjudicated defamatory in Freeman v. Giuliani
- found liable
New York's Appellate Division suspended Giuliani on an interim basis after finding uncontroverted evidence that he made demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public while representing Trump. The court applied the professional-discipline standard of immediate threat to the public interest, making a professional-liability finding rather than imposing criminal liability.
Procedural history recounting June 24, 2021 interim suspension and factual basisNew York court immediately suspends Giuliani's law license over election falsehoods · Interim suspension preceded final New York disbarment in 2024
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New York's Appellate Division found all sixteen disciplinary charges against Rudy Giuliani proven and disbarred him effective July 2, 2024, for repeated false statements made while representing Donald Trump and the Trump campaign after the 2020 election.
New York disbars Giuliani over election falsehoods · Disbarred in New York