Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has now been suspended from practicing law in the state of New York -- and many Americans reacted to the news with unabashed glee.
Specifically, the Attorney Grievance Committee for New York State Supreme Court's First Judicial Department concluded that Giuliani "communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign," which clearly violates the New York Bar's code of conduct for attorneys.
The suspension was notable for containing multiple examples of Giuliani willfully lying before courts, and his only defense when pressed on those lies was that he sincerely believed them at the time he said them.
Giuliani's suspension provoked brutal mockery on Twitter -- check out some reactions below.
He deserves endless humiliation but this is a good starthttps://twitter.com/jannwolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Jay Jaffe (@Jay Jaffe) 1624549015
The arc of history is long but it bends toward disbarment.https://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Benjamin Wittes (@Benjamin Wittes) 1624548465
This entire opinion should be required reading in ethics classes for new attorneys. Rudy gets taken out behind the woodshed for his grotesquely unethical conduct. It\u2019s a far cry from the former SDNY chief\u2019s legal heyday, who now looks like a bumbling fraud.https://twitter.com/turkewitz/status/1408082312701558789\u00a0\u2026— Bradley P. Moss (@Bradley P. Moss) 1624549176
Thank you for your service, Borat's daughterhttps://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Chris Evangelista (@Chris Evangelista) 1624548579
whole legacy lopped off like lorena bobbitt did it. #FuckAroundAndFindOuthttps://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— pfire\u2614Baby I Could Never Steal You From Another (@pfire\u2614Baby I Could Never Steal You From Another) 1624549155
News conference scheduled for later today at the Hilton Haberdashery and Massage Parlor.https://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Margaret #SaveTheOA \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Margaret #SaveTheOA \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1624549109
It\u2019s hard to imagine anyone having a more embarrassing year than Rudy. \n\n- Face melted at a presser\n- Ended up at a landscaping place between a sex shop at a crematorium instead of a hotel \n- Farted on camera and probably gave Jenna Ellis covid \n- Got Sacha Cohen\u2019d \n\nNow this:https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1408086298041061382\u00a0\u2026— Angry Staffer (@Angry Staffer) 1624549481
June 24, 1986: Trump lawyer Roy Cohn disbarred \n\nJune 24, 2021: Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani disbarredpic.twitter.com/H6KdkbDAQ3— Max Abelson (@Max Abelson) 1624549156
HAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!\nRoy Cohn sends his salutations from the fires of hell.https://twitter.com/jannwolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Lincoln's Bible (@Lincoln's Bible) 1624549610
Does Four Seasons Total Fraud Guarantee have an outplacement program?https://twitter.com/jannwolfe/status/1408082889284096008\u00a0\u2026— Robert Young Pelton (@Robert Young Pelton) 1624548791
Does \u201cI represented Donald Trump for free, and all I got was this lousy law license suspension and possible disbarment\u201d fit on a t-shirt?— Mark Ryan (@Mark Ryan) 1624548891
