DC bar brings ethics charges against Rudy Giuliani over election fraud claims

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Updated 5:14 PM ET, Fri June 10, 2022

(CNN)The attorney discipline arm of the DC Bar has brought a case against Rudy Giuliani for pushing unsubstantiated election fraud accusations in a Pennsylvania federal court on behalf of Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

The disciplinary office filing, called a charge, further puts Giuliani’s status as a lawyer in jeopardy. Giuliani had already been suspended from practicing law by the New York bar as that office also investigates his election fraud efforts on behalf of Trump in court.

In the new filing from the DC bar, Giuliani is accused of violating Pennsylvania’s Rules of Professional Conduct.

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