Rudy's fall from Grace (with Christine Chung)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Rudy Giuliani's Law License in the State of New York has just been suspended for citing election lies. Once referred to as "America's Mayor" after 9/11, has now become anything but. He now faces possible disbarment for attempting to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results by abusing his power and the courts. Well, the courts just punched back. Christine Chung, one of the lawyers and former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York - who drafted the original complaint against Giuliani, joins the show to discuss what this all mean for Giuliani, Trump, and the future of American Democracy.
GUEST:
- Christine Chung (@chrischunglaw), New York City-based trial and appellate attorney, fmr. Federal Prosecutor in the Southern District of New York
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Text of the decision to suspend Rudy Giuliani - Here.
- Original Letter that Christine Chung co-wrote - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | For several decades now, Rudy Giuliani has been making big headlines, as a top official |
| 0:07.6 | in Ronald Reagan's Justice Department, as the crusading mob-busting corruption-fighting |
| 0:12.9 | US attorney in Manhattan, and of course as the mayor of New York City, America's mayor |
| 0:18.2 | as he came to be known in the fraught days after September 11th. |
| 0:22.6 | But this week Giuliani is facing headlines of a very different kind. |
| 0:26.6 | His license to practice law in New York was suspended after a court found what it called |
| 0:32.0 | un-controverted evidence that he presented demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts |
| 0:38.6 | in support of his client Donald Trump's false claims about last November's election. |
| 0:44.2 | It was a stunning decision, not just for what it said about Giuliani, but what it concluded |
| 0:48.5 | about the lies still being spread by the former president and his allies. |
| 0:52.6 | We'll talk to one of the lawyers who drafted the complaint that led to this decision and |
| 0:57.1 | explore what it means for Giuliani, Trump, and the future of American democracy on this |
| 1:02.5 | episode of Skull Duggery. |
| 1:04.7 | I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United |
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| 1:13.8 | I will to the best of my building. |
| 1:15.8 | Reserve, protect and defend. |
| 1:17.8 | Constitution of the United States. |
| 1:20.2 | So help me God. |
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