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  • 2021-06-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Were Rudy Giuliani and Roy Cohn Both Disbarred on June 24? (en)
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  • On June 24, 2021, the New York State appellate court suspended the law license of Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and former President Donald Trump's lawyer, saying that he communicated demonstrably false and misleading statement to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump's failed effort at reelection in 2020. As this news circulated on social media, some pointed out that Giuliani's license was suspended exactly 35 years after another famous lawyer, Roy Cohn, was disbarred: This claim misses on a few accounts. Most importantly, Giuliani had his law license suspended on June 24, 2021, but he has not been disbarred. The New York Times writes: Second, Cohn was disbarred on June 23, 1986, not June 24. In the 1970s, Cohn represented Trump after the U.S. Justice Department accused him of racial discrimination and violating the Fair Housing Act. The matter was eventually settled out of court. Cohn had several other high-profile clients. He rose to prominence in the 1950s, serving as Sen. Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel, represented a diverse array of New York City clients, such as former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, mafia boss John Gotti, News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, and would later serve as an informal adviser to president Richard Nixon. On June 23, 1986, Cohn was disbarred. The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court wrote: Simply stated, the four charges involved alleged dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation ... After a thorough review of the record, we have come to the conclusion that all four charges should be sustained and that respondent should be disbarred. 24 Jun 1986, Tue The Daily Register (Red Bank, New Jersey) Newspapers.com (en)
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