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- Rudy Giuliani can no longer practice law in Washington, DC.
- He was already disbarred in New York.
- It's the least of Rudy's problems — he's still facing two criminal cases and a money crunch.
Rudy Giuliani has officially lost his law license — in Washington, DC, this time.
It is the latest indignity for Giuliani, who has been shoved out of the legal profession after promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election following Donald Trump's election loss, and was previously disbarred in New York.
The Washington, DC, Court of Appeals handed down the disbarment order with "reciprocal discipline," finding Giuliani was unable to show why the New York decision to take away his law license was wrong.
The decision comes at a bad time for New York City mayors. On Thursday, sitting mayor Eric Adams was indicted under seal, joining Giuliani in the club of hizzoners awaiting a criminal trial.
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, called the disbarment decision "partisan" and "an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice."
"The people coming after Mayor Giuliani can't take away the fact that he remains the most effective prosecutor in American history, who did more to improve the lives of others than almost any other American alive today," Goodman said.
Instead of practicing in courtrooms and overseeing comlex corporate investigations — the usual roles for a lawyer with Giuliani's resume — Giuliani has hosted video streaming talk shows and sells coffee.
He sought bankruptcy protection in December after a jury in DC ordered him to pay $148 million for defaming two Georgia election workers. A judge dismissed his bankruptcy case in August, leaving him at the mercy of creditors.
Earlier this week, Giuliani was also ordered to pay an outstanding $300,000 bill to a forensic accounting and technology firm that had tracked down all his assets during the bankruptcy proceedings.
Giuliani worked as Donald Trump's personal lawyer in Washington, DC, while he was president. And between 1981 and 1983, he was one of the highest-ranking officials in the Department of Justice during President Ronald Reagan's administration.
His law license was revoked in New York in July, also because of his false claims about the election, some of which he made in court while trying to convince a judge to throw out ballots in Pennsylvania.
In the late 1980s, Giuliani held the post of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, making him the top federal law enforcement official for much of New York City. He sprung from the post to become mayor of the city, where he became celebrated for his response to the 9/11 attacks.
Giuliani is facing criminal charges in Arizona and in Georgia, where he is a codefendant with Trump, over his attempts to overturn the election results.
He also has ongoing defamation cases against him from Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, two election technology companies he falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election.