WASHINGTON (CN) — The D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments as part of a disciplinary hearing on Thursday over whether Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for his role in bringing frivolous lawsuits to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat.
The hearing before the D.C. Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility could lead to Giuliani, who was not present, being barred from practicing law in Washington, marking another rebuke against the former mayor of New York City and Trump’s lead campaign lawyer.
In July, a D.C. Bar Association panel recommended Giuliani be disbarred for his “frivolous” and “destructive” efforts to allow Trump to maintain his grip on power, leading Giuliani to appeal and bring the matter before the appeals board Thursday.
A panel of nine D.C. lawyers heard arguments from Giuliani’s attorneys John Leventhal and Barry Kamins, both former New York judges, and Disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox, regarding a lawsuit Giuliani brought in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
According to a specification of the charges brought against Giuliani, the suit claimed widespread voter fraud and asked a federal judge to block the certification of the state’s election results, block the certification of mail-in ballots and recount the results in seven counties.
Leventhal argued that Giuliani did not have the time to independently verify the claims made in the suit, as he had taken the case “at the eleventh hour” after two Trump lawyers, Hope Hicks and...
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