Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani testified for 11 hours to defend his role in former president Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the 2020 presidential election results, as the Washington DC Bar has called for his law license to be revoked.
Mr Giuliani testified before the DC Board on Professional Responsibility of the DC Bar. The former mayor and attorney for the former president reportedly attempted to minimise his role in a lawsuit that alleged that Pennsylvania’s election had multiple cases of voter fraud after President Joe Biden won the state in 2020, The Washington Post reported.
Hamilton “Phil” Fox III, the lead prosecuting attorney for the bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, called Mr Giuliani’s claims “unfounded” and said he misrepresented the fact that Pennsylvania had begun using mail-in ballots and the Covid-19 pandemic forced independent observers to socially distance from poll workers while opening mail-in ballots and while they reviewed signatures.
Mr Fox said Mr Giuliani “weaponised his law license by filing a frivolous lawsuit” and should have his license revoked.
“There was no case in law nor fact for which Mr. Giuliani set forth on grounds of fraud,” he said.
Mr Giuliani and his attorney John Leventhal argued that Mr Trump asked Mr Giuliani to join the case the day after the election and to “quickly” get up to speed on results in Pennsylvania, as well as at least 10 other states, including Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, North...
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