Rudy Giuliani: lawyers call for Trump's personal attorney to lose law licence

Giuliani criticised for making false claims about election fraud and calling for trial by combat' before Capitol attack

A group of prominent lawyers has asked New York's judiciary to suspend Rudy Giuliani's law licence for making false claims in post-election lawsuits and urging Donald Trump's supporters to engage in trial by combat" shortly before they stormed the US Capitol.

Lawyers Defending American Democracy is also calling for investigation of Giuliani, who served as a federal prosecutor and a New York City mayor before Trump hired him as personal attorney.