Why was Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York?
RUDY Giuliani garnered international attention as the personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump. However, Giuliani's time as Trump's personal attorney got him barred from practicing law in New York State. On Thursday, June 24, the New York courts announced Giuliani was barred from practicing law in New York over "false statements to courts and public" while he was Trump's lawyer. The former Big Apple mayor's suspension comes just months after his Upper East Side house and office were raided by the FBI. The decision was released by the New York courts in a hefty statement, confirming that "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani issued false statements following the results of the 2020 presidential election. They added that the misinformation was issued "in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trumps failed effort at reelection in 2020." 4 In April, Rudy Giuliani's Upper East Side apartment and Manhattan office were raided by the FBI Credit: AP:Associated Press  "These false statements were made to improperly bolster respondents narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client." They then went on to conclude that Giuliani's actions threatened public interest and therefore "warrants interim suspension from the practice of law." Giuliani has been under pressure over his involvement with the Trump "Stop the Steal" campaign, as well as his ties to Ukraine. In April, federal investigators seized electronic devices from Giuliani's apartment after executing a search warrant as part of a federal probe. These are the rules in New York that Giuliani is alleged to have violated:  Rule 3.3 : which provides that "(a) A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal...."  : which provides that "(a) A lawyer shall not knowingly: (1) make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal...." Rule 4.1 : which provides that "In the course of representing a client, a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of fact or law to a third person"  : which provides that "In the course of representing a client, a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of fact or law to a third person" Rule 8.4: "A lawyer or law firm not: ... (c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, ... or (h) engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness as a lawyer." In May, Giuliani explained to Fox News what happened on the morning the FBI searched his New York apartment. "At about 6 a.m there was a banging on my door, a very loud banging, and outside there was a group of an endless number of FBI agents," Giuliani told the outlet. "Usually a person who has been a former assistant U.S. attorney, a U.S. attorney, a mayor, the associate attorney general, usually they receive a subpoena, not have their home raided." However, the former New York City mayor believes that the FBI is trying to frame him and that the only lawyers that would be raided would be connected to former President Trump. 4 In May, Giuliani told Fox News that he believes the FBI is trying the frame him Credit: AP:Associated Press  Most read in News TOWER OF TERROR Mass deaths feared after 12-story building falls & 'witnesses hear screams' HUNTER BUSTED Hunter 'paid "Emerald Fantasy" prostitute after ordering girl to chateau' Breaking Q MYSTERY McAfees Instagram DELETED after account posted cryptic Q in wake of suicide Breaking BARRED Rudy BANNED from practicing law in NY over 'false statements while Trump's lawyer' Revealed FROM THE DEEP Pentagon 'has incredible photo of Black Triangle UFO rising from ocean' Latest CONDO CRUSH Shock moment Miami building collapses leaving 1 dead as 51 still missing  "The only lawyers they raid are lawyers for Donald Trump," he said. "I can't think of another lawyer that has been raided other than lawyers for Trump. "Trump is in a special category because he doesn't have constitutional rights."