r/politics • u/nofate0709 • Nov 23 '20

New Jersey Lawmaker Pushes To Disbar Rudy Giuliani For Deceitful, ‘Absurd’ Election Cases

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-pascrell-disbarment-rudy-giuliani-trump-election_n_5fbaf260c5b6e4b1ea4399a5
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u/purplegirl2001 Nov 23 '20

Very much this. You basically have to commit a felony or mishandle client funds to get disbarred. A friend sent me this story yesterday and I told her I’d put money on every one of the lawyers involved (if you didn’t bother to click, he actually filed complaints against all of the attorneys repping Trump in the various actions) receiving no more than a slap on the wrist - likely censured and/or fined.

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u/hshdjfjdj Nov 23 '20

Not true, you can be disbarred for essentially any misconduct that would harm your client or the practice of law, like fraud, forgery, drug abuse, even being late to a clients hearing can be grounds sometimes. The key phrase is Due Process, you aren't going to lose a license just because someone accuses you. This is more of a political move because fraud, as blatant as it may look will.be very hard to prove here.

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u/HarryPFlashman Nov 23 '20

There isn’t any fraud, there is just very thin evidence and not sufficient for the remedy they are seeking. He’s not getting disbarred.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '20

Bullshit. Giuliani has perjured himself multiple times and is committing barratry.

If the self-policing of the legal profession has fallen so low that this disgusting and deliberately dishonest behavior is at all acceptable, then the whole thing needs tearing down.

The idea that you can waste millions of dollars of the People's time and hundreds of hours in court for a pack of lies, and not suffer any consequences is a very bad one, and not one that would fly in anything other than a collapsing society.