Donald Trump Reacts to Rudy Giuliani's Suspension, Says 'All of New York is Out of Control'

Former President Donald Trump believes all of New York is "out of control" after his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was ordered to stop practicing law in the state.

New York state's Supreme Court ordered Giuliani to refrain from practicing law on Thursday pending disciplinary actions brought against him by the Attorney Grievances Committee for the First Judicial Department over his involvement in legal attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Trump's favor. The former president quickly issued a statement decrying the court's decision while falsely claiming the election had "already been proven" to be rife with massive fraud.

"Can you believe that New York wants to strip Rudy Giuliani, a great American Patriot, of his law license because he has been fighting what has already been proven to be a Fraudulent Election?" Trump said. "The greatest mayor in the history of New York City, the Eliot Ness of his generation, one of the greatest crime fighters our Country has ever known, and this is what the Radical Left does to him."

"All of New York is out of control, crime is at an all-time high—it's nothing but a Witch Hunt, and they should be ashamed of themselves," he added. "TAKE BACK AMERICA!"

In issuing the suspension, the court cited "uncontroverted evidence" Giuliani had made "demonstrably false and misleading statements" while working to overturn the election results in multiple states. The five judges who made the unanimous ruling said it was necessary because the former New York City mayor's willingness to spread misinformation "immediately threatens the public interest."

Giuliani, who was also once one of New York City's top prosecutors, vowed to "fight back" by appealing the ruling while speaking to reporters gathered outside his Manhattan apartment building. He also described the decision to issue the suspension without his presence at a hearing as "ridiculous."

"They're doing it based on newspapers," Giuliani told CNBC. "I haven't had a chance to have one minute of a hearing with them. Sitting in my apartment up there are 400 affidavits. Everything I've said about this case comes from a witness, sometimes two or three affidavits."

"Instead of looking at that they listen to the false allegations that are made by the Democrats and disregard the other side of it," he added. "Same thing they did to President Trump."

Many of Giuliani's affidavits are specifically mentioned in the ruling. One cited affidavit is from a person Giuliani described as an "expert" who claimed that 65,000 minors had registered to vote in the election.

The judges noted that no evidence other than the claim itself was provided, nor was it clear whether the person making the claim had any expert qualifications. They also noted Giuliani claimed a figure of 165,000 registered underage voters—100,000 more than the claim in the affidavit.

The ruling also dismissed claims made by Giuliani that did not appear to come strictly from affidavits, such as his assertion that thousands of dead people "voted" in Pennsylvania's election, including former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier.

The judges wrote that while Giuliani said he relied on a "blogger" in claiming Frazier was "still voting" roughly nine years after his death in 2020, the blog he cited did not claim Frazier had voted in the election and was based on an alleged review of records from 2017 and 2018.

Newsweek reached out to Giuliani's attorneys for comment.