D.C. Bar Association panel recommends Giuliani be disbarred over 2020 election challenges

A report form the D.C. Bar Association recommended on Friday that former New York City mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be disbarred over his efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The committee report will not immediately translate to the Republican's disbarment, The Hill noted. The bar's Board of Professional Responsibility will address the matter next before sending it to the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Giuliani was a prominent proponent of Trump's claims that mass election fraud handed the presidential contest to President Joe Biden. In the report, the committee determined that he "seriously undermined the administration of justice" in "seeking to change the result of the 2020 presidential election when he had no factual basis, and consequently no legitimate legal grounds, to do so."

"By prosecuting that destructive case Mr. Giuliani, a sworn officer of the Court, forfeited his right to practice law. He should be disbarred," they wrote. His lawsuit in Pennsylvania, they contended, was both frivolous and devoid of factual basis. They further asserted that the effort amounted to an attempt to "disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters."

Other attorneys who supported Trump's claims of election fraud have faced professional scrutiny. Jenna Ellis received a censure from the Colorado Supreme Court but was not disbarred.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.