Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, the erstwhile New York City mayor, national authoritative and ineligible advisor to Donald Trump, was disbarred successful the authorities connected Tuesday aft a tribunal recovered helium repeatedly made mendacious statements astir Donald Trump's 2020 predetermination loss.

The determination was handed down by a New York appeals tribunal successful Manhattan.

The tribunal ruled that Giuliani beryllium “disbarred from the signifier of law, effectual immediately, and until the further bid of this Court, and his sanction stricken from the rotation of attorneys and counselors-at-law successful the State of New York.”

Giuliani’s spokesperson didn’t instantly respond to an email and a telephone telephone seeking remark Tuesday.

Giuliani has already had his New York instrumentality licence suspended for mendacious statements helium made aft the election.

He was the superior mouthpiece for Trump’s mendacious claims of predetermination fraud aft the 2020 vote, lasting astatine a property league successful beforehand of Four Seasons Total Landscaping extracurricular Philadelphia connected the time the contention was called for Democrat Joe Biden implicit the Republican Trump and saying they would situation what helium claimed was a immense conspiracy by Democrats.

Lies astir the predetermination results helped propulsion an aggravated mob of pro-Trump rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6 successful an effort to halt the certification of Biden’s victory.