Rudy Giuliani’s Washington, D.C., law license is under formal review stemming from his involvement in election-related litigation, according to attorney discipline records reviewed by Reuters.
The D.C. ethics investigation, which has not been previously reported, is separate from an attorney misconduct probe in New York related to Giuliani’s election claims. A New York court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in June, finding that the Republican former Manhattan U.S. attorney had made “demonstrably false and misleading” statements against the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
The D.C. Court of Appeals on July 7, citing the New York order, temporarily suspended Giuliani’s Washington bar license.
Attorney ethics investigations are generally confidential absent the filing of a formal charge by a disciplinary authority. Giuliani’s lawyers revealed the D.C. investigation in a July filing at the D.C. Court of Appeals seeking unsuccessfully to overturn the temporary suspension.
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