Giuliani defends 2020 election challenge at D.C. Bar hearing

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Monday that it was his “obligation” as a lawyer to attempt to overturn the results of 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania on behalf of his then-Client, Donald Trump.

Giuliani was the first witness called during a hearing Monday in front of the D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility to determine whether he violated attorney ethics rules with the federal court challenge he launched in Pennsylvania to subvert President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in that state.

During his testimony, Trump’s ex-lawyer echoed one of the former president’s favorite refrains, claiming he has been “persecuted” by federal investigations over the course of the last four years. He also claimed he wrote only one or two paragraphs of the initial complaint that was filed, leaving the majority of the work to local Pennsylvania attorney Ron Hicks, who withdrew from the suit before it was rejected by both federal district and appeals courts.

In his opening statement, D.C. disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox described Giuliani’s legal challenge as “frivolous,” and said the former president’s attorney “weaponized his law license” in an effort to “undermine the constitution to which he, like all members of the District of Columbia Bar, took an oath to support.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/05/giuliani-d-c-bar-ethics-hearing-00072218

[ColinC]

1. ...

[Justice matters.]

2. "Trial by combat" remorseless Fascist-insurrectionists inciter plays the victim...

How's that "combat" going for ya, a**hole? Slap on the wrist??

[Ocelot II]

3. A running commentary for the day is here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217434335

[Wibly]

4. Notice to Attornies

If you agree to work with Giuliani, be prepared to have tire tracks up and down your back.
And no, it won't be fun.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. The Disciplary panel set aside 2 weeks for this

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17420990

From here (select December on the calendar) - https://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/board-on-professional-responsibility/hearing-and-oral-argument-schedule

Zoom Hearing - In re Rudolph Giuliani, DN. 22-BD-027, at 9 a.m.
Mon 12/5/2022, 9:00 AM to Fri 12/9/2022, 5:00 PM

Zoom Hearing - In re Rudolph Giuliani, DN. 22-BD-027, at 9 a.m.
Mon 12/12/2022, 9:00 AM to Fri 12/16/2022, 5:00 PM

[oldsoftie]

6. From "America's Mayor" to "America's laughingstock" in short order. nt

[SouthernDem4ever]

7. Defending the indefensible

sounds like Rudy.

[Slammer]

8. bar

I think Rudy can drink anyone under the bar in DC....

[Swede]

9. the Four Seasons bar?

[Grins]

10. ...his "obligation" on behalf of his client.

Translation: “I vas just following ohrders!”

[electric_blue68]

11. Oh, just STFU, rudeee!

I felt good about him for maaaaybe a few days re 9-11...

then he went back to being the racist pos he was/is.blarg!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. This man was a U.S. Attorney?

I seem to recall it was Pres. Clinton who appointed him. How did that decision come about?

Correct me if I'm wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

[MissMillie]

13. I'm surprised that his actions in GA are not included in this hearing

He took a video he knew was edited to a legal hearing, and used it as "evidence" to support claims of "fraud" committed by two election workers.

A vigorous support of your client cannot include altering "evidence," or knowingly and falsely accusing innocent people of crimes.

Arguing points of law is one thing, but that is not what he did in GA. He didn't have any points of law to argue. So instead he yelled "FIRE" in a crowded room.

I know that Ruby and Shey got some sort of settlement from someone out of a suit they filed over how the false accusations upended their lives. I don't know if Rudy is/was part of that suit or is a defendant in a separate suit, but of course he should have to pay to what he did to them.

[JohnnyRingo]

14. I understand what Rudy is saying...

... and it's not a bad strategy. He claims he was just doing his job defending a client.

Jeffery Dahmer's defense team was not sanctioned for abetting cannibalism. No one feared that defending Charles Manson could lead to charges of Helter Skelter for them.

However, those attorneys were trying to convince a jury their clients were innocent. They didn't make independent pleas to the nation's populace that murder is honorable.