Rudy Giuliani disbarred in D.C. for baseless claims of 2020 election fraud

WASHINGTON – Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, was disbarred Thursday in the District of Columbia based on his misrepresentations of election fraud when serving as a campaign lawyer for former President Donald Trump.

The decision from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals ? Judges Roy McLeese, Joshua Deahl and Eric Washington ? followed Giuliani’s disbarment in New York, meaning he can no longer practice law in either jurisdiction.

Giuliani represented Trump in trying to overturn the 2020 election based on allegations of widespread fraud that fellow Republican investigators at the state and federal levels refuted. A former Arizona House speaker quoted Giuliani as telling him: "We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence.”

Ted Goodman, a Giuliani spokesperson, said members of the legal community should speak out against the "partisan, politically motivated decision."

"This is an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice," Goodman said.

The disbarment is merely the latest of significant litigation he faces.

Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to election conspiracy charges in Georgia and Arizona. The indictments alleged he urged state lawmakers to replace Democratic presidential electors in those states with Republican electors even though Democratic President Joe Biden won those states.

Giuliani was found liable for $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of tampering with votes.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Giuliani disbarred in DC over fraud election fraud claims in 2020