Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

===Attack on the Capitol ===
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On January 6, 2021, Giuliani spoke at the [[January 6 Trump rally|"Save America March" rally]] on [[the Ellipse]] that was attended by Trump supporters protesting the election results. He repeated conspiracy theories that voting machines used in the election were "crooked" and called for "[[trial by combat]]",<ref>{{cite web|last=Palma|first=Bethania|date=January 6, 2021|title=Did Rudy Giuliani Call for 'Trial By Combat' Before Trump Mob Broke Into Capitol?|work=Snopes|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-rally-speech/|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210109191543/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-rally-speech/|url-status=live}}</ref> which he claimed after the riot had not been a call to violence but a reference to ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sippell |first=Margeaux |date=January 14, 2021 |title=Rudy Giuliani Says Tyrion From 'Game of Thrones' Inspired US Capitol Speech |url=https://www.thewrap.com/rudy-giuliani-tyrion-lannister-game-of-thrones-capitol-riot-speech/ |work=The Wrap |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crump |first=James |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Giuliani bizarrely claims 'trial by combat' comments at MAGA Capitol rally were a reference to Game of Thrones and did not incite violence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-rally-game-of-thrones-b1786613.html |work=The Independent |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gerstein |first=Julie |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Rudy Giuliani says his 'trial by combat' comment during Trump's January 6 rally was a 'Game of Thrones' reference, not a call to violence |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/giuliani-claims-trial-by-combat-comment-game-of-thrones-reference-2021-1 |work=Business Insider |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> Trump supporters subsequently [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|stormed the U.S. Capitol]] in a riot that resulted in the deaths of four people,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freiman |first1=Jordan |title=4 dead after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-supporters-us-capitol-4-dead/ |website=CBS News |access-date=January 7, 2021 |date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> and temporarily disrupted the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|counting of the Electoral College vote]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/congress-certifying-the-election-explainer.html|title=Congress Did Not Finish Certifying the Election Results. What Happens Next?|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Alan|last=Rappeport|date=January 6, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

Giuliani had reportedly called Republican lawmakers to urge them to delay the electoral vote count with the intention of throwing the election to Trump. Giuliani attempted to contact Alabama Senator [[Tommy Tuberville]], a Trump ally, around 7{{spaces}}p.m. following the Capitol storming, planning to ask him to "try to just slow it down" by objecting to multiple states and "raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow{{snd}}ideally until the end of tomorrow".<ref name="Pitofsky-2021">{{cite news |last=Pitofsky |first=Marina |date=January 7, 2021 |title=Giuliani calls wrong senator in last-ditch effort to delay certification of Biden's win |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/533086-giuliani-calls-wrong-senator-in-pressuring-them-to-continue-objecting-votes/ |work=The Hill |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Serfaty |first1=Sunlan |last2=Cole |first2=Devan |last3=Rogers |first3=Alex |date=January 8, 2021 |title=As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/mike-lee-tommy-tuberville-trump-misdialed-capitol-riot |work=CNN |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> However, Giuliani mistakenly left the message on the voicemail of another senator,<ref name="Pitofsky-2021" /> who leaked the recording to ''[[The Dispatch]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 7, 2021 |last=Hayes|first=Steve|title=Giuliani to Senator: 'Try to Just Slow it Down'|url=https://thedispatch.com/p/giuliani-to-senator-try-to-just-slow|access-date=January 12, 2021|website=thedispatch.com}}</ref> [[Rick Perlstein]], a noted historian of the American conservative political movement, termed Giuliani's effort as treasonous: "Sedition. Open and shut. He talked about the time that was being opened up. He was welcoming, and using, the violence. This needs to be investigated," Perlstein tweeted days after the riot.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Perlstein |first=Rick |date=January 11, 2021 |title=Sedition. Open and shut. |number=1348801954441555969 |access-date=January 12, 2021 |user=rickperlstein |author-link=Rick Perlstein }}</ref>

Giuliani faced criticism for his appearance at the rally and the Capitol riot that followed it. Former Congressman and [[Morning Joe|MSNBC host]] [[Joe Scarborough]] called for the arrest of Giuliani, President Trump, and [[Donald Trump Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gstalter |first1=Morgan |title=Scarborough calls for arrest of Trump, Giuliani and Trump Jr. for insurrection against US |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/533072-scarborough-calls-for-arrest-of-trump-giuliani-and-trump-jr-for-insurrection/ |access-date=January 7, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=January 7, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108020745/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/533072-scarborough-calls-for-arrest-of-trump-giuliani-and-trump-jr-for-insurrection |url-status=live }}</ref> Manhattan College president Brennan O'Donnell stated in a January{{spaces}}7 open letter to the college community, "one of the loudest voices fueling the anger, hatred, and violence that spilled out yesterday is a graduate of our College, Rudolph Giuliani. His conduct as a leader of the campaign to de-legitimize the election and disenfranchise millions of voters{{snd}}has been and continues to be a repudiation of the deepest values of his alma mater."<ref>{{cite web|title=Message from the President: Storming of the Capitol Building |url=https://manhattan.edu/news/archive/2021/01/statement-from-the-president-capitol.php |date=January 7, 2021 |first=Brennan |last=O'Donnell|access-date=January 9, 2021|website=Manhattan College |language=en}}</ref>

On January 11, the [[New York State Bar Association]], an advocacy group for the legal profession in New York state, announced that it was launching an investigation into whether Giuliani should be removed from its membership rolls, noting both Giuliani's comments to the Trump supporter rally at the Ellipse on January 6, and that it "has received hundreds of complaints in recent months about Mr. Giuliani and his baseless efforts on behalf of President Trump to cast doubt on the veracity of the 2020 presidential election and, after the votes were cast, to overturn its legitimate results".<ref>{{cite web|last=DeSantis|first=Susan|date=January 11, 2021|title=New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership|url=https://nysba.org/new-york-state-bar-association-launches-historic-inquiry-into-removing-trump-attorney-rudy-giuliani-from-its-membership/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=New York State Bar Association}}</ref><ref name="Feuer-2021">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/giuliani-disbarment.html |access-date=20 December 2023 |title=A state senator referred Rudy Giuliani for disbarment. |first=Alan |last=Feuer |date=January 11, 2021 |work=The New York Times }}</ref> Removal from the group's membership rolls would not directly disbar Giuliani from practicing law in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Attorney Verification|url=https://nysba.org/attorney-resources/attorney-verification/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=New York State Bar Association|language=en-US}}</ref> New York State Sen. [[Brad Hoylman]] and lawyers' group Lawyers Defending American Democracy, also filed a complaints against Giuliani with the Attorney Grievance Committee of the First Judicial Department of the [[New York Supreme Court]], which has the authority to discipline and disbar licensed New York lawyers.<ref name="Feuer-2021" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Wester|first=Jane|date=January 13, 2021|title=Will Rudy Giuliani Be Disbarred in New York? An 'Unusual' Case Heads to Disciplinary Committee|url=https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2021/01/13/will-rudy-giuliani-be-disbarred-in-new-york-an-unusual-case-heads-to-disciplinary-committee/?slreturn=20210014123056|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=New York Law Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-us-news-courts-604a7c3a7349f320227697c807e61793|title=Lawyers want Giuliani investigated, license suspended|date=January 22, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref>

Also on January 11, 2021, District of Columbia Attorney General [[Karl Racine]] said that he is looking at whether to charge Giuliani, along with [[Donald Trump Jr.]] and Representative [[Mo Brooks]], with inciting the violent attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=DC attorney general considers riot incitement charges against Donald Trump Jr., Giuliani, GOP Rep. Brooks |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-donald-trump-jr-rudy-giuliani-could-face-charges-in-dc.html |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=CNBC |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113193353/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-donald-trump-jr-rudy-giuliani-could-face-charges-in-dc.html |date=January 11, 2021 |first=Dan |last=Mangan |url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 29, 2021, Giuliani said falsely that [[The Lincoln Project]] played a role in the organization of the Capitol riot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lambe|first=Jerry|date=January 29, 2021|title=Rudy Giuliani Desperately Tries to Pin Pro-Trump Capitol Siege on the Lincoln Project|url=https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/rudy-giuliani-desperately-tries-to-pin-pro-trump-capitol-siege-on-the-lincoln-project/|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=[[Law & Crime]]}}</ref> In response, [[Steve Schmidt]] threatened to sue Giuliani for defamation.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Oliver|date=January 30, 2021|title=Lincoln Project says it will sue Rudy Giuliani over Capitol riot claims|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lincoln-project-rudy-giuliani-sue-capitol-riots-b1795215.html|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

On March 5, 2021, Representative [[Eric Swalwell]] filed a civil lawsuit against Giuliani and three others ([[Donald Trump]], [[Donald Trump Jr.]], and Representative [[Mo Brooks]]), seeking damages for their alleged role in inciting the Capitol riot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/06/03/eric-swalwell-sues-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-over-capitol-riot-but-cant-find-mo-brooks/7522681002/ |title=Unanswered calls and a thwarted private detective: Swalwell's lawsuit over Jan. 6 has trouble getting started |last=Jansen |first=Bart |date=June 3, 2021 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=July 26, 2021}}</ref>

Responding to a January 2022 subpoena from the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]],<ref>{{cite news |title=January 6 committee subpoenas Giuliani and 3 others |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/rudy-giuliani-january-6-subpoena/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |date=January 18, 2022 |first1=Zachary |last1=Cohen |first2=Annie |last2=Grayer |access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref> Giuliani testified on May 20, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |last2=Reid |first2=Paula |date=May 20, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Giuliani meets with January 6 committee for more than 9 hours |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/politics/rudy-giuliani-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |website=CNN}}</ref>