Judge slams Rudy Giuliani's lawyer in fake elector case for 'irrelevant' comparisons to George Washington
Source: Law & Crime
Jul 26th, 2024, 2:16 pm
Even while granting the relief sought for “good cause,” a court didn’t take kindly to the “irrelevant characterizations” that Rudy Giuliani’s defense lawyer included across two pages of a recent request to modify the former NYC mayor’s release conditions in the ongoing Arizona fake electors criminal case. Those pages, 4 and 5, included lines comparing Giuliani’s patriotism and heroism after 9/11 to that of George Washington, the first president of the United States, during the stressful time that was the American Revolutionary War.
“For example, George Washington led Patriotic forces to victory during the American Revolutionary War at a time of great national turmoil and stress. George Washington’s endurance, swift action, and determination saved this nation and he will forever be a great American Hero,” wrote attorney Mark Lee Williams. “Similarly, Mr. Giuliani was Mayor of New York City on September 11, 2001 when the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred. Mr. Giuliani was a great leader who coordinated the responses of various New York City departments and simultaneously organized the support of state and federal authorities for the World Trade Center location, for city-wide anti-terrorist measures, and for restoration of destroyed infrastructure. Mr. Giuliani worked with first responders to help save many lives.”
On the next page, Williams said that Giuliani is likewise a “great American Hero and Patriot whose endurance, swift action, and determination inspired all people in the United States during a time of great national turmoil and stress,” and so it would be unreasonable to subject him to pretrial release conditions that no one would have countenanced requiring of Washington had he ever been indicted.
“Would anyone think it necessary to require George Washington to reside in a particular state and not leave that state without the permission of the court if charges were filed against him in that state during his life?” Williams asked before answering his own question. “The answer is an emphatic ‘No!’ Then the same is true for Mr. Giuliani.”
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Full headline: Judge slams Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer in fake elector case for ‘irrelevant’ comparisons to George Washington, reminds him of Rules of Professional Responsibility
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25008394/cr2024006850-019-me_-ruling.pdf
This was in reference to the "fake electors" case in AZ and something that Kyle Cheney spotted in the order -
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Rudy Giuliani told the criminal court in Arizona this month that it shouldn't impose residency requirements on him because he's like George Washington, and the court would never have done that if George Washington were indicted.
The judge did not appreciate this discourse.
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11:16 AM · Jul 26, 2024
His lawyer had just gotten off a 60-day suspension this past February associated with conduct during another case.
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