Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work (Haberman)

[underpants]

By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/giuliani-trump-election-pay.html

Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has helped oversee a string of failed court challenges to President Trump’s defeat in the election, asked the president’s campaign to pay him $20,000 a day for his legal work, multiple people briefed on the matter said.

The request stirred opposition from some of Mr. Trump’s aides and advisers, who appear to have ruled out paying that much, and it is unclear how much Mr. Giuliani will ultimately be compensated.

“I never asked for $20,000,” said Mr. Giuliani, saying the president volunteered to make sure he was paid after the cases concluded. “The arrangement is, we’ll work it out at the end.”

He added that whoever had said he made the $20,000-a-day request “is a liar, a complete liar.”

[dalton99a]

1. Hookers and blow are not cheap

[MineralMan]

2. A very high price for complete incompetence, I'd say.

What a nincompoop.

[underpants]

5. As I understand it, he ranting and railing a lot right now

In Federal Court.

[MineralMan]

6. Yes. There are a couple of threads recounting what he is saying.

What a sorry old fool!

[ResistantAmerican17]

3. Yep, everybody is a liar but ghouliani. Why am I skeptical?

[Mike 03]

4. Not even worth $20.

Watching the live-tweeting of the hearing here:

Link to tweet

[Sneederbunk]

7. Celebrity entertainment is expensive these days.

[Midnight Writer]

8. There's no such thing as a "free lawyer".