CONGRESSMAN PASCRELL ‘November 20, 2020 State of New York Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh & Thirteenth Judicial Districts Renaissance Plaza 335 Adams Street, Suite 2400 Brooklyn, New York 11201-3745 To Whom It May Concern: J write you today to file a complaint against Rudolph W. Giuliani (New York Supreme Court Identification No, 1080498). In his capacity as a public spokesman and attomey representing the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, Mr. Giuliani has participated in frivolous lawsuits and used our nation’s courts to assault public confidence in the United States electoral system, violating the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. Therefore, I request your office commence an immediate investigation of his actions and consider sanctions for his conduct up to and including revocation of Mr. Giuliani’ s licenses to practice law in your jurisdiction As of today, President-elect Joe Biden has won the states of Arizona (by 10,457 votes, or 0.31 percent), Georgia (13,554 votes, or 0.27 percent), Michigan (by 154,187 votes, or 2.79 percent), Nevada (by 33.596 votes, or 2.39 percent), and Pennsylvania (81.487, or 1.18 percent) by margins virtually uncertain to be reversed by any recounts.’ Despite the difficult circumstances of this pandemic, these states’ administration of their elections were strong and there is no evidence of systematic malfeasance or fraud in any of them. Nevertheless, Mr. Giuliani has participated in the filing a series of absurd lawsuits seeking to overturn the will of the voters in these states and has caused irreversible damage to public trust in the fair administration of our electians The New York Rules of Professional Conduct necessarily govern the actions of your licensed attorneys. Mr. Giuliani has violated Rule of Professional Conduct 3.1 which requires that “[a] lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous.” Mr. Giuliani has also violated Rule 8.4(c) which posits that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer “to engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation."* We live together in extraordinary and increasingly dangerous national circumstances. At present, our sitting President has refused to accept the outcome of our national election and is attacking the 2 https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ * See https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/jointappellate/NY-Rules-Prof-Conduct-1200.pat * https:// www nycaurts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/jointappellate/NY-Rules-Prof-Conduct-1200.pdfintegrity of our electoral system to keep himself in power. The egregious pattern of behavior by Mr. Giuliani to effectuate Mr. Trump’s sinister arson is a danger not just to our legal system but is also unprecedented in our national life. In carrying out that perversion, Mr. Giuliani has clearly violated the New York Rules of Professional Conduct he swore to uphold and should face the severest sanction your body can mete out: revocation of his law licensure, The holding of a law license is a sacred responsibility. You have an opportunity here to make a powerful statement in support of our democracy and deter future charlatans and miscreants from warping our legal and political systems for their own profit. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter Bill Pascrell, Jr United States Congressman