I totally understand. He was imprecise and inaccurate in his language. Guiliani did not lose his license. He can still carry his card and keep his license nicely framed. However, those things are of little value if he can't practice. Let's put it this way. When you actually get disbarred, you do have to surrender your Bar card and license, but losing a piece of plastic and a piece of paper are pretty insignificant. It's the inability to practice and take cases that really hurts. Rudy can't practice for a significant period of time, and that hurts and is humiliating, whether he gets to keep the piece of plastic and the piece of paper on his wall or not.
No, it's not as bad as a disbarment, and it's OK to point out SH's error on that point. However, I wouldn't go apeshit on him for it. His overall point is pretty valid.
Imprecise and inaccurate might not be the case. Just because what Rudy and his data analysts came up with wasn't the same numbers as the "official" stats doesn't mean he was necessarily wrong or lying.
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