Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred.

Posted by All In with Chris Hayes, Sep 19, 2026Checked Oct 30, 2026

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Sources: 1 contradict4 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 95%

All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026

Multiple reliable sources report that Giuliani was disbarred in New York (July 2, 2024) and in Washington, D.C. (September 2024), so the claim holds as extracted. A 2021-era Snopes piece saying he had only been suspended predates the disbarment orders and does not contradict them; the passage's 'kicked out of the bar' wording matches the claim.

What was said

… attorneys have left because of it, because they've said we can't bring cases. Based on nothing, but Donald Trump doesn't mind doing that. He'll take it as long as it will go. And so a lot of the lawyers have started to get in trouble. I mean, you know, people like Rudy Giuliani, who has been kicked out of the bar for what he did. And a lot of the lawyers are starting to say, I'm not going down the that road with these people. And that's a positive sign that the judges at the district court level and the appeals court level are hanging so tough that the lawyers are getting afraid of …

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What we found

Supports. AP reports that Giuliani was disbarred in New York, with the appeals court ruling on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, after finding he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss.[3]

Supports. CNBC reports that the D.C. Court of Appeals officially disbarred Giuliani from practicing law in the District of Columbia, in a one-page order quoting 'Rudolph W. Giuliani is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia.'[4]

Supports. The AP article on the pardons states that Giuliani has been disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York, and NBC New York quotes the New York court order disbarring him effective immediately.[1][5]

Contradicts. A Snopes fact-check states that Giuliani's law license was suspended on June 24, 2021, and that he had not yet been disbarred; this reflects the status at the time of that 2021 article and was superseded by the later 2024 disbarment orders.[2]

Context. Giuliani's spokesperson said he would appeal the New York decision, but no source reports that the disbarment has been reversed.[5]