Rudy Giuliani faces disciplinary hearing over election lawsuits

The panel is considering charges that the former mayor's actions after the 2020 election involved ethical violations

Rudy Giuliani, who served as Donald Trump's hard-charging attorney during failed legal efforts to overturn his presidential election defeat, was accused of weaponizing" his law license during a turbulent first hearing of a disciplinary panel in Washington DC mulling ethics charges against him.

The former New York mayor became argumentative on Monday as Hamilton Fox, of the DC disciplinary counsel's office, suggested Giuliani had insulted the US constitution with a series of frivolous" and ultimately futile lawsuits on the former president's behalf.