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struggle4progress

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Thu Aug 17, 2023, 01:04 AM Aug 2023

Giuliani struggling under massive legal bills [View all]

ByKatelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNNWire
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 8:57AM

NEW YORK -- Rudy Giuliani is staring down hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills and sanctions amid numerous lawsuits in addition to the new criminal charges - related to his work for Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

In court on Monday, the former New York City mayor said the legal quagmires have left him effectively out of cash. He even appears to have responded to some of the money crunch by listing for sale a 3-bedroom Manhattan apartment he owns for $6.5 million.

Not including standard legal fees, Giuliani faces nearly $90,000 in sanctions from a judge in a defamation case, a $20,000 monthly fee to a company to host his electronic records, $15,000 or more for a search of his records, and even a $57,000 judgment against his company for unpaid phone bills ...

Giuliani's financial situation is likely to become even more difficult to navigate in the coming days. He faces potentially perilous court decisions against him in two 2020 election defamation lawsuits as early as this week ...

https://abc7ny.com/rudy-giuliani-trump-indictment-legal-bills-georgia/13656956/

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If you can't afford an attorney, the court will appoint one Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #1
Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills struggle4progress Aug 2023 #4
Well, That's A Shame DET Aug 2023 #2
Sorry, he was scum long before his association with TRAITOR**. Just ask niyad Aug 2023 #14
Giuliani was a bad mayor PJMcK Aug 2023 #18
Fuck him. roamer65 Aug 2023 #3
Not me. I want him to have permanent housing Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #10
Me, too PJMcK Aug 2023 #19
DJT stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million struggle4progress Aug 2023 #5
It takes a special kind of stupid to think traitortrump would pay up. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #11
... a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest ... struggle4progress Aug 2023 #12
Did Rudy have some nasty divorces as well? I understand those can be very costly... No Vested Interest Aug 2023 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author No Vested Interest Aug 2023 #7
Blast from the Recent Past: That's the same apartment that got raided in 2021! blogslug Aug 2023 #8
Maybe he stashed some money in his pants. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #9
You gotta wonder--does Giuliani think Trump will change his habits for his benefit alone? DFW Aug 2023 #13
I bet Ruby Freeman doesn't give a shit. GoodRaisin Aug 2023 #15
A little extra Schadenfreude: no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #16
He's a pathetic old alcoholic Dorian Gray Aug 2023 #17
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