Poor, poor, poor Rudy

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https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000...c-ffae7e4e0000

After a jury decides he owes two election workers 148 million, he is sued again, by the same election workers. :)

• Rudy Giuliani sued again by former election workers who now want a court order against further defamatory remarks

Days after being awarded $148 million in damages against Rudy Giuliani in a defamation suit, two former Georgia election workers have filed a new lawsuit against the former Trump lawyer over remarks he made about them immediately following Friday's verdict.

The new suit by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss seeks a court order permanently barring Giuliani "from persisting in his defamatory campaign" against the mother and daughter pair, arguing that he's continued to falsely accuse them of committing election fraud even after a federal jury handed down last week's verdict in Washington, D.C.

The lawsuit notes that Giuliani told reporters after the trial that his long-debunked allegations "were supportable and are supportable today." He also told Newsmax that "he was in possession of video evidence demonstrating the truth of his allegations."

In Monday's filing, attorneys for Freeman and Moss said they'd asked for Giuliani to stop smearing their clients, and said he would not.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...263084.1.0.pdf

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It's criminal, is all I have to say.

Poor, poor, poor Rudy.

Will he ever be able to afford an appeal bond?

We have no shortage of idiots in the world.

^learning to deal with them

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More good news

On Tuesday, the case docket showed that the litigation had been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell, who presided over a recent verdict where Giuliani was ordered to pay Freeman and Moss $148 million for defamation.

The court also issued a summons for Giuliani.

Poor, poor, poor Rudy

• Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to start paying Georgia election workers $146 million

Former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss can immediately seek enforcement of their $146 million financial judgment against Rudy Giuliani because there is good reason to assume he will not comply, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

“Giuliani’s failure to ‘satisfy even more modest monetary awards entered earlier in this case,’ provides good cause to believe that he will seek to dissipate or conceal his assets during the 30-day period,” U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in her order.

The decision allows Freeman and Moss to go after Giuliani's assets in New York and Florida.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...20.144.0_1.pdf

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Poor, poor, poor Rudy

• Rudy Giulian has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia who said his targeting of them led to death threats that made them fear for their lives.

In his filing Thursday, the former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts, including close to a million dollars in tax liabilities, money he owes his lawyers and many millions of dollars in potential legal judgements in lawsuits against him. He estimated his assets to be between $1 million and $10 million.

The biggest debt is the $148 million he was ordered to pay a week ago for making false statements about the election workers in Georgia stemming from the 2020 presidential contest.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...319064.1.0.pdf

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Poor, poor, poor Rudy

Because defamation is an "intentional tort" — meaning Giuliani broke civil laws on purpose — he can't jettison the $148 million judgment through the bankruptcy process

• Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy. It won't get him off the hook for the $148 million he owes.

Rudy Giuliani says he's bankrupt.

But bankruptcy protections won't save him from having to pay out the $148 million he owes two Georgia elections workers he defamed, a bankruptcy expert told Business Insider.

Giuliani — who's gone from former New York City mayor to die-hard Trump ally — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York on Thursday, less than a week after a court found him liable of defamation.

"The filing should be a surprise to no one," Ted Goodman, a political advisor to Giuliani, said in a statement. "No person could have reasonably believed that Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be able to pay such a high punitive amount."

Goodman said the bankruptcy filing would give Giuliani "the opportunity and time to pursue an appeal, while providing transparency for his finances under the supervision of the bankruptcy court, to ensure all creditors are treated equally and fairly throughout the process."

Because defamation is an "intentional tort" — meaning Giuliani broke civil laws on purpose — he can't jettison the $148 million judgment through the bankruptcy process, according to Eric Snyder, the chairman of the bankruptcy practice at Wilk Auslander LLP.

"If you owe somebody money and you get a judgment, you can get rid of that in the bankruptcy," Snyder told Business Insider. "But if the judgment comes from certain things — like fraud, breach of your duties, intentional torts — then you can't get rid of them."

The bankruptcy filing doesn't list his assets, but it estimates them to be worth between $1 million and $10 million. Business Insider previously reported that Giuliani has listed a New York City apartment for sale at a $6.5 million asking price, but has studiously avoided disclosing any details about his finances in several ongoing court battles.

On the other side of the ledger, Giuliani listed up to $500 million in liabilities, including the $148 million judgment for the Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, as well as more than $700,000 to the IRS, and more than $265,000 to New York tax authorities.

The liabilities also include potentially hundreds of millions more to other people and companies that have sued him, including Hunter Biden (alleged hacking of his laptop), Noelle Dunphy (alleged sexual assault), Daniel Gill (allegedly lying to police to get him arrested), Smartmatic (alleged defamation for election conspiracy theories), Dominion (also alleged defamation for election conspiracy theories), and former Dominion executive Eric Coomer (alleged defamation for — you guessed it — election conspiracy theories).

US District Judge Beryl Howell, the judge overseeing the case brought by Freeman and Moss, on Wednesday ordered Giuliani to pay the $148 million immediately, which appeared to be the direct trigger for the bankruptcy filing.

The bankruptcy automatically pauses all pending civil lawsuits against him. It also means that the other plaintiffs suing Giuliani would be fighting for scraps.

"If these two workers are in for 148 million, how hard are people going to want to fight to split up 5 or 6 million?" Snyder told Business Insider.

A Dominion spokesperson told Business Insider that the company planned to move ahead with its defamation lawsuit against Giuliani anyway, wanting to hold him responsible for his falsehoods about the company's role in the 2020 election.

"Dominion's effort to hold Rudy Giuliani accountable will move forward," the spokesperson said.

A lawyer for Noelle Dunphy said her suit will also move forward.

"Whatever the state of Mr. Giuliani's finances, and whatever other circumstances he may face, we will never be deterred from our pursuit of justice and accountability," Attorney Justin Kelton told Business Insider in a statement.

Dunphy's lawsuit also names as defendants several of the ex-mayor's companies, which have not yet filed for bankruptcy.

The bankruptcy also won't stop the criminal prosecution against Giuliani, in Fulton County, over his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

According to Snyder, that case puts Giuliani in a bind, since he may be hesitant to disclose all of his personal information in the bankruptcy case out of worry that the Atlanta prosecutors will use it against him.

He has to thread a needle by answering the questions demanded by the judge and the creditors, while not sharing anything that would jeopardize his criminal defense.

"I'm sure his criminal lawyer will tell him not to answer certain questions in the bankruptcy," Snyder said.

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On the other side of the ledger, Giuliani listed up to $500 million in liabilities, including the $148 million judgment for the Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, as well as more than $700,000 to the IRS, and more than $265,000 to New York tax authorities.

The liabilities also include potentially hundreds of millions more to other people and companies that have sued him, including Hunter Biden (alleged hacking of his laptop), Noelle Dunphy (alleged sexual assault), Daniel Gill (allegedly lying to police to get him arrested), Smartmatic (alleged defamation for election conspiracy theories), Dominion (also alleged defamation for election conspiracy theories), and former Dominion executive Eric Coomer (alleged defamation for — you guessed it — election conspiracy theories).

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So.. he isn't going to jail for any of this ?


Whereas "drunk Joe" down the pub smacks a guy, who insulted his mother, will go to jail for a year ?


Same shit here; class society rules

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nope. but he will be sharing his earnings with two wonderful election workers for the rest of his short life :)

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nope. but he will be sharing his earnings with two wonderful election workers for the rest of his short life :)

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The lawyers get paid first. Doubt there will be anything left after that.

So..his bad behaviour is deemed worth 145 mills in fines but not one week in the slammer ?

Pickel ?

Help !

:)

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As far as I know, it's a civil case, not a criminal one. So no jail time.

Remember OJ Simpson?

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it's a civil case, not a criminal one. So no jail time.

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Oh

So the "official system" didn't find it severe enough ?

Trying to understand the ways here

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Those were the times

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The lawyers get paid first.

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No. Anyone who has a lien is paid first (IRS and probably mortgage companies/banks).

If a lawyer doesn’t have a lien on any of Rudy’s properties (NY and Fla*) the bankruptcy court could discharge them.

*You can keep your home in Florida if you file for bankruptcy and you’ve been claiming that home as your primary residence (and if it is in your name and not owned by a company).

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Now, why don't I believe that ?

:)

^Another night of up late, lonely and desperate for attention

how many liens have you ever held?

:doglol:

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If a lawyer doesn’t have a lien on any of Rudy’s properties (NY and Fla*) the bankruptcy court could discharge them.

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And why wouldn't the lawyers put liens on his properties?

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He owns multiple properties.

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Another night of up late,

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as I understand two. One in NY and one in FLA

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I was including the victims lawyers in my statement.

^moving goalposts :)

Edit: Anyway there’s a line. Whoever holds the first lien is paid first (probably a bank). The second lien holder is paid next (IRS).

And so forth…….

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Nope, that would be you.

• Poor, poor, poor Rudy

Rudy Giuliani has been a knight for more than 20 years. He might not be one for much longer.

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Rudy Giuliani was widely hailed as "America's Mayor" for his response coordinating with federal agencies and providing comforting rhetoric.

Queen Elizabeth II gave him an honorary knighthood several months later. Because Giuliani isn't British, he can't use "Sir" before his name. But he can affix "KBE," a reference to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," to the end of it, according to British royal protocol.

Fast forward more than two decades, and Giuliani could be at risk of losing that honorary knighthood, according to The Daily Beast.

Earlier this month, a jury decided Giuliani owed $148 million in damages to two Georgia election workers he defamed. He declared bankruptcy in response.

The jury verdict is just one of Giuliani's many legal problems, which also include a criminal indictment in an election interference case.

Withdrawing an honorary knighthood is rare. If Giuliani loses his, it will put him in company with former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

According to The Daily Beast, the British government cabinet can form a Forfeiture Committee, which can consider recommendations for removals. Those recommendations would then be sent to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who would send them to King Charles III, who would then decide whether to withdraw the honor.

According to the British cabinet office, it will "automatically" consider recommending stripping someone of knighthood if they have been "been censured or struck off by the relevant regulatory authority or professional body."

That may apply to Giuliani, who lost his ability to practice law in New York after promoting falsehoods about the 2020 election and may soon lose his legal license in Washington, DC.

If Giuliani pleads guilty or is found guilty at trial in his criminal election interference case in Georgia, that could potentially fulfill the criteria of having "been found guilty by the courts of a criminal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than three months."

Tom Brake, the leader of the democratic reform group Unlock Democracy and a former British parliament member, told The Daily Beast that Giuliani ought to lose his knighthood after trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election on behalf of former President Donald Trump.

"Anyone who tries to overturn a legitimate election result I think should not be worthy of an honor and a knighthood under the British honors system," he said.

But the issue is also a political one. If Trump wins the 2024 election, British authorities may decide it isn't worth antagonizing him.

"I think this ultimately boils down to a political question," Toby Harper, a scholar of the British honors system at Arizona State University, told The Daily Beast. "Does the British government have the political will to endorse, I guess, the ways in which American society or the American justice system has censured Giuliani?"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside...ld-be-stripped

• Poor, poor, poor Rudy

Rudy Giuliani expresses regret that he didn't take a pension in wake of bankruptcy

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani admitted he could use the pension he never applied for.

Giuliani told the New York Post that he was "giving back to the city I love" when he declined to apply for a pension. From 1981 to 1983, he worked as the assistant United States Attorney General before becoming U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York until 1989 and serving as mayor from 1994 to 2001.

"Although I would like to take it now," Giuliani said of his pension. "I don't know how to go about it."

As a two-term mayor, Giuliani would have been eligible for $26,000 in annual pension payments after turning 62. At 79, Giuliani could have had $442,000.

The comment comes over a week after Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, listing estimated assets of between $1 million and $10 million along with liabilities of $100 million to $500 million. Earlier this month, a court ordered him to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss, whom he defamed by falsely claiming they colluded to steal the election.

Giuliani has already been disbarred in New York. He remains the only other attorney formerly employed by Donald Trump to lose his bar license.

Giuliani is facing another legal battle in Georgia. He stands accused of attempting to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in Fulton County. He has pleaded not guilty along with former President Donald Trump, but four defendants involved have pleaded guilty so far.

Poor, poor, poor Rudy

• Georgia Judge Denies Rudy Giuliani’s Bid for More Time in RICO Case Filings

Rudy Giuliani cannot have more time to file pre-trial motions in the sweeping election-racketeering case, a Georgia judge ruled on Friday.

In a one-page order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied Giuliani's request for an extension beyond the Jan. 8 deadline in the case to file pre-trial motions.

In his request for the extension, Giuliani said he needed additional time to review the large volume of discovery material in the case

However, McAfee said in his order that Giuliani "does not articulate exactly what discovery must still be reviewed, or why the review has not been completed in the approximately four months that have passed since arraignment."

"Extensions are only considered upon filing of a particularized motion containing a detailed, fact-based explanation of the need for the extension including the amount of time needed," McAfee wrote in his order Friday. "The motion is denied."

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• Giuliani calls on Fulton County judge to schedule hearing on motion to toss Georgia indictment

Rudy Giuliani called on a Georgia state judge Thursday to schedule a hearing over a motion to throw out his criminal indictment on election interference charges.

The demand comes nearly four months after the motion was originally filed on Sept. 8.

Giuliani pleaded not guilty to a set of charges surrounding the broad Georgia election interference case, which saw 19 people charged with crimes, including former President Trump. Prosecutors alleged Giuliani knowingly lied in attempts to sway Georgia electors to overturn the 2020 election results.

Attorneys for the former New York City mayor argued in the September dismissal motion that there were “deficiencies” in the original indictment.

“Defendant moves this Court to quash the indictment against him, as it is not perfect in form and substance, fails to provide sufficient notice as to what he must defend against at trial, and the pleadings in said indictment are insufficient to protect him from double jeopardy in a separate prosecution,” his attorneys wrote.

The motion describes the 98-page indictment against Giuliani and the other defendants as “conspiratorial bouillabaisse consisting of purported criminal acts, daily activities, and constitutionally protected speech.”

Four of the 19 defendants have pleaded guilty to crimes to avoid trial, including three of Trump’s attorneys. A trial date is not yet set for the case, but prosecutors requested it begin in August.

• Giuliani Wants Interviews With Codefendants Who Pleaded Guilty In Georgia Cas

Rudy Giuliani filed paperwork Monday afternoon asking a judge to require his codefendants who have pleaded guilty and accepted plea deals to sit for interviews with his legal team—a request that came on the day of the deadline for Giuliani to file motions in the case.

KEY FACTS

Giuliani team’s requested that codefendants Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Scott Hall—who have all pleaded guilty in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, case—be required to sit for an interview with them, saying “the opportunity to interview witnesses prior to trial is the bare minimum that is required by Georgia law.”

Giuliani’s lawyers said in the filing that the interviews are “necessary … in part because their video proffers have raised questions about the content and completeness of their individual statement.”

The plea agreements, however, say that the codefendants are “not permitted to communicate with any other co-defendant concerning the facts or circumstances of this case,” but are required to “cooperate with the Fulton County District Attorney’s office and participate in additional interviews and assist the State in pretrial matters,” per the filing.

The filing came just days after Giuliani’s request to extend the deadline for him to file motions—because his team was “still processing” discovery—was denied.

“Counsel for Defendant Giuliani will be unable to properly investigate the facts of this case or properly advise Defendant Giuliani about the potential evidence in this case unless they are able to interview co-defendants Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Scott Hall,” the filing reads.

Another codefendant in the case, Bob Cheeley, also filed Monday afternoon asking for his case to be separated from the other 14 defendants, according to a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cheeley’s filing argued that the number of defendants could “confuse the jury” with regard to what evidence and laws apply to each defendant.

Former President Donald Trump and 18 others—including Giuliani—were indicted in August 2023 by a grand jury in Georgia for their alleged role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. Giuliani faces 13 felony counts as part of the indictment, including one violation of the RICO act, three counts of false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer and more; he has pleaded not guilty. Ellis, Chesebro, Powell and Hall all faced similar charges for conspiracy, interfering with equipment or committing or aiding false documents, but accepted deals, pleading guilty in recent months. At least Powell and Ellis had proffer sessions—sessions between prosecutors and the subject of an investigation that are often required as part of a plea deal—and footage leaked of the interviews in November, including one clip in which Ellis said a Trump administration official told her “the boss is not going to leave” the White House after the election, referring to Trump.

Judge Instantly Destroys Rudy Giuliani’s Lawyer’s Argument

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• 'You may have a point': Judge destroys Rudy Giuliani's defense in Trump criminal case

Rudy Giuliani's attorney crashed and burned in court Friday, as he tried to file a motion to raise concerns about double jeopardy — and was immediately swatted down as the judge poked a very simple hole in his argument, noted legal analyst Katie Phang.

Giuliani, a close associate of former President Donald Trump who served as a federal prosecutor and the mayor of New York City, is one of several co-defendants charged in the Fulton County, Georgia election racketeering case.

"If I understand the argument, is it simply that other states could prosecute your client for the same predicate act?" asked the judge.

"Yes, Judge," said the attorney. "For instance, our code in Georgia, you can't be sentenced for a RICO, the RICO, and the predicate act, but in Florida you can."

"But how does that become a double jeopardy issue if all the states are separate sovereigns?" asked the judge. "I mean, couldn't you be convicted in every single state, all 50 states, if there was an issue, without any double jeopardy concerns whatsoever?"

"You may have a point, Judge," conceded the attorney. "I mean, there may be something to that."

Law professor Randall Eliason says he has the answer.

"The solution to this," he said Friday, "is to not commit the same crime in multiple jurisdictions."

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/statu...07559393886658

• A diverse coalition owed money by Rudy Giuliani meets virtually for first bankruptcy hearing

A group of people and businesses who say they are owed money by Rudy Giuliani gathered virtually Friday for the first court hearing since he declared bankruptcy last month after losing a defamation suit to two Georgia election workers.

During a two-hour Zoom hearing, an attorney for Giuliani told a U.S. bankruptcy judge that the former New York City mayor lacks the funds to pay the $148 million he owes the election workers for spreading a conspiracy about their role in the 2020 election. Others with claims against Giuliani should expect to wait as well.

“There’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,” the attorney, Gary Fischoff, said, noting that Giuliani was making his living as a radio and podcast host while dealing with a wide range of “financial issues.”

The bankruptcy filing has brought forth a diverse coalition of creditors who previously sued Giuliani for unrelated issues.

In addition to the election workers, creditors include a supermarket employee who was thrown in jail for patting Giuliani’s back, two elections technology companies that he spread conspiracies about, a woman who says he coerced her into sex, several of his former attorneys, the IRS and Hunter Biden. Biden is suing Giuliani, saying he wrongly shared his personal data after obtaining it from the owner of a computer repair shop.

Giuliani’s bankruptcy filing last month came one day after a judge ordered him to immediately pay $148 million to Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. The Chapter 11 declaration halted the judgment but also prevented Giuliani from challenging the verdict.

During Friday’s hearing, Giuliani’s attorney tried to convince the bankruptcy judge, Sean Lane, to temporarily lift a stay to allow him to appeal the judgment.

Lane agreed to the procedural step, with certain conditions, adding, “There is a legitimate concern here about the expenses and the cost and the delay.”

Some of Giuliani’s creditors have expressed concerns that he is taking advantage of the bankruptcy process to avoid paying his debts.

Noting that Giuliani has a “transactional relationship with the truth,” an attorney for a group of creditors, Abid Qureshi, urged the judge to set guardrails ensuring the litigation did not drag on unnecessarily.

And he hinted at possible conflict among those who say they are owed money by Giuliani, cautioning that the judge’s decision could carry “unintended consequences of a certain creditor jumping the queue.”

Ron Kuby, an attorney representing Daniel Gill, a ShopRite employee who is suing Giuliani for allegedly fabricating an assault against him, said there was “no disharmony among the creditors.”

“It’s an interesting group in its own right: you have a ShopRite worker, election workers, an alleged sex worker,” he added. “This guy stiffed a lot of workers.”

The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...92f_story.html

• Rudy Giuliani Creditors Plan Treasure Hunt Through His Finances

Rudolph Giuliani’s creditors are promising a deep dive into the former New York City mayor’s finances to investigate any possible transfers he made in the months leading to his bankruptcy.

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in December to halt debt collections as he tries to modify or appeal a $148 million defamation judgment stemming from his discredited campaign to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House.

Questions remain over any transfers Giuliani may have made 90 days before his bankruptcy, said Philip C. Dublin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, representing a committee of Giuliani’s unsecured creditors. He made the comments at a bankruptcy court status hearing Wednesday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Disclosures about any transfers have yet to be filed, he said.

But there’s “no pot of gold at the end of the day” for creditors to find among Giuliani’s assets, his attorney, Heath Berger of Berger Fischoff Shumer Wexler & Goodman LLP, objected at the hearing.

Creditors also have questions about potentially “significant” overstatements and understatements of the value of Giuliani’s assets, Dublin said. The committee plans to ask the court to hire a forensic accounting firm to help it probe Giuliani’s finances, he said. In addition, Giuliani’s debts may not be able to be forgiven through bankruptcy at all, he said.

“Whether there’s a pot of gold here remains to be seen,” Dublin said.

Giuliani, who led efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, filed Chapter 11 after Judge Beryl A. Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia allowed Georgia poll workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, to immediately go after his assets. A jury previously ordered Giuliani to pay them $148 million after he falsely accused them of election fraud. Giuliani has called the DC judgment “unreasonable on its face,” and said it doesn’t reflect the true damages suffered by the workers.

Potential Red Flags

There are also “red flags” when it comes to the financing of one of Giuliani’s third-party litigation defense funds, whose president is Giuliani’s son Andrew Giuliani, Freeman and Moss’s attorney, Rachel C. Strickland of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, told the court.

A collective $70,000 payment to the funds raised concerns as to who made the payments and where the money came from, Strickland said.

“The issue of the source of funds is going to be very ripe,” Strickland said.

In recent financial disclosures, Giuliani has said he has about $10.6 million in assets against almost $153 million in liabilities. His attorney says Giuliani plans to ask for court permission to sell his Manhattan condominium valued at about $5.6 million. His financial disclosures show that the former mayor has been living mostly off of retirement benefits in recent years.

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• Giuliani wants new trial in election workers defamation case

Giuliani will appeal $148M defamation judgment for slandering election workers while also asking lower court for a new trial

An attorney for Rudy Giuliani has filed a notice that he intends to appeal the $148 million defamation verdict won by former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea’ “Shaye” Moss.

Late Tuesday, Texas-based attorney Joseph Sibley filed a notice of appeal on the docket of the Washington, D.C.-based defamation case the former New York City mayor lost after refusing to testify.

In that case, Giuliani was taken to task for a slanderous campaign against Freeman and Moss in which he falsely proclaimed the pair were engaged in fraud and had “cheated” voters in the 2020 election. Those lies were rebroadcast by former President Donald Trump — and others in his orbit — and shared far and wide. Despite being quickly and thoroughly debunked, the lies were seized upon by adherents of the 45th president, leading to hundreds of death threats — many of them racist — against the mother and daughter, who are Black.

The verdict against Trump’s longtime friend and former lawyer was issued in mid-December 2023, but almost immediately stayed after Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York. Earlier on Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane lifted the stay on the defamation case and allowed an appeal to be filed.

“We very much appreciate the judge’s expeditious consideration of this matter and look forward to proceeding accordingly,” Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, told Law&Crime in an email.

Payment of the damages has been a major sticking point — with the judge who found Giuliani liable once going so far as to call the beleaguered defendant “unwilling and uncooperative” after he refused to pay attorneys fees by citing his dire financial straits. At the same time, the judge noted, Giuliani was able to afford a spokesperson “who accompanied him daily to trial.”

The latest court maneuvers threaten to push payment of the civil damages owed to Freeman and Moss back even further.

Before the notice of appeal was filed, Giuliani’s attorney asked for a judgment as matter of law and a new trial in a consolidated motion — which is essentially asking the judge who oversaw the original case, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell, to initiate new proceedings at the district court level. Meanwhile, Sibley is still initiating the broader appeals process for his client in order to meet certain timelines.

The heart of the motion for new proceedings singles out the amended complaint filed by Freeman and Moss — particularly how the plaintiffs added an allegation of civil conspiracy to their original lawsuit.

“There were no co-conspirators specifically named,” the motion reads. “Later, the Court would enter a default judgment on the Complaint as a discovery sanction against Giuliani and ordered a jury trial on damages. Giuliani objected to the jury trial, but said objection was overruled. Giuliani also contended that Plaintiffs were limited to proving damages only from the pleaded conduct establishing liability based on the overt acts identified in the Complaint. The Court overruled Giuliani’s objection and permitted Plaintiffs to include unpleaded statements and unpleaded alleged conspiratorial conduct as causing Plaintiffs’ damages.”

The motion goes on to argue that the amended complaint in the defamation case “fails to properly allege conspiracy.” The motion also repeats earlier arguments made by Giuliani’s legal team that his slanderous comments were constitutionally protected opinion speech under the First Amendment — which the court has already rejected.

“Because the conduct complained of fails to adequately plead the claims for relief and/or were improperly presented to the jury despite being outside the pleadings, Defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law,” the motion argues.

Additionally, the motion claims the intentional infliction of emotional distress damages were improperly awarded. In the alternative of a wide-ranging judgment or new trial, the motion asks the court to alter or amend the amount of damages owed to Freeman and Moss.

Since being found liable for defamation and ordered to pay the two women, Giuliani has doubled down and repeated the false allegations against Freeman and Moss, prompted the pair to sue him anew.