One of the most consequential purveyors of former President Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him was his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
In the weeks after the November election day, Giuliani traveled to swing state after swing state, holding sham hearings and bumbling press conferences where he eagerly propped up Trump's disinformation.
Right before these lies motivated a mob of pro-Trump extremists to storm the United States Capitol, Giuliani suggested having "trial by combat."
Now, Giuliani is facing a comeuppance for the mountain of falsehoods he foisted onto the country during Trump's lame duck period.
On Thursday, an appellate court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in New York State, citing "uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani peddled "demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large" while working as a lawyer for Trump's campaign.
The suspension marks the latest embarrassment for the man once remembered affectionately as "America's Mayor."
Andrew Giuliani—Rudy Giuliani's son, who's running as a Republican for governor of New York—soon posted a video defending his father, as he did after Rudy's home was raided by the FBI earlier this year.
Watch below.
Earlier this hour, 5 Leftist judges decided to suspend my father @rudygiuliani\u2019s law license. Here is my statement:pic.twitter.com/A3O0buL6LG— Andrew H. Giuliani (@Andrew H. Giuliani) 1624551244
Predictably, Andrew Giuliani blamed supposed leftists for holding his father accountable.
After listing each judge by name, he said:
"This is just unbelievable to see how politicized all of this has become. I am infuriated by all of this ... This is going after one of President Trump's closest allies. That's exactly what this is, and any American who doesn't believe that, they are just biased. This is unacceptable, and I stand by my father."
From the height of the camera to the content of the message, Andrew's video was roasted by the internet.
\u201cSir, this is a Wendy\u2019s\u201d https://twitter.com/andrewhgiuliani/status/1408096094169468929\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/1EI1HrPHQy— Vic \ud83d\udc9b (@Vic \ud83d\udc9b) 1624572401
lady who owns the tripod that andrew giuliani used in the parking lot by the woods behind the holiday inn expresspic.twitter.com/jdTOLlERNE— blaire erskine (@blaire erskine) 1624587221
Andrew Giuliani has made a statement on the suspension of his father's law license:pic.twitter.com/XuMzQFzWi8— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch.com) 1624557486
Back to Four Seasons again\n\n#Giuliani #AndrewGiulianipic.twitter.com/uZgsBAkjlI— Blue Swede (@Blue Swede) 1624613823
The NY bar suspending your father\u2018s law license is not as bad as it seems, Andrew. After all, as soon as NY, or for that matter GA, convicts him, his license to practice law will be permanently revoked anyway.https://twitter.com/andrewhgiuliani/status/1408096094169468929\u00a0\u2026— Kop*wow (@Kop*wow) 1624572253
People found the camera work particularly amusing.
the framing for Andrew Giuliani\u2019s next videopic.twitter.com/rCXycgQbol— j.d. durkin (@j.d. durkin) 1624578051
this shot is so poorly framed. It\u2019s like, look guys: Andrew Giuliani\u2018s head and shoulders have something to saypic.twitter.com/6NdbyQkQUT— Imani Gandy (@Imani Gandy) 1624583324
Never skimp on your cinematographer and whatnot.https://twitter.com/AndrewHGiuliani/status/1408096094169468929\u00a0\u2026— George Wallace (@George Wallace) 1624574468
Andrew Giuliani weighs in on his dad, from some quicksand apparently.pic.twitter.com/SyoK1WxopQ— Mr. Newberger (@Mr. Newberger) 1624559814
Giuliani's efforts to subvert the election results in Georgia are also being investigated.
