Former New York Mayor and Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was barred from practicing law in the District of Columbia on Thursday.

In an order filed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, a panel of judges made the ruling that followed his prior suspension in 2021. 

The order comes after Mr. Giuliani also lost the ability to practice law in his home state of New York. 

Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Mr. Giuliani, told The Associated Press that the decision was “an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice.” 

The disbarments are a result of Mr. Giuliani’s representation of Mr. Trump while the former president contested what he called a rigged 2020 election. 

“Giuliani is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia,” the D.C. order read. 

Washington officials probed Mr. Giuliani’s legal efforts in Pennsylvania, with a review panel recommending he be disbarred over his allegations of election fraud and his push to overturn the 2020 results on Mr. Trump’s behalf.

Mr. Giuliani “claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence,” the panel said.

He is also facing criminal charges.

Mr. Giuliani pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges in Arizona over election fraud allegations he made, and he is charged in Georgia along with Mr. Trump and other co-defendants accused of trying to overturn the results in that swing state.

Mr. Giuliani also lost a $148 million defamation lawsuit last year after Georgia election workers sued him over his election fraud claims. 

— AP contributed to this report.