Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the New York Federal Courthouse on November 7, 2024, in New York Metropolis. | Supply: Alex Kent / Getty
UPDATED: 8 p.m. ET, Dec. 12, 2024
Initially revealed April 28, 2021
The penalties of exhibiting blind loyalty to former President Donald Trump proceed to disclose themselves in essentially the most wonderful of how.
Rudy Giuliani‘s journey of losses since he tried and didn’t illegally overturn the 2020 election outcomes by defaming Black ladies ballot employees is exhibiting no indicators of ending anytime quickly.
That fact was resoundingly punctuated on Monday after he blamed a federal decide for protection legal professionals not wanting something to do together with his case.
The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported that Giuliani “advised U.S. District Choose Beryl Howell that 4 legal professionals refused to simply accept him as a shopper as a result of they assume the decide is “unreasonable and biased about Trump associated issues.” the previous New York Metropolis mayor advised U.S. District Choose Beryl Howell that 4 legal professionals refused to simply accept him as a shopper as a result of they assume the decide is “unreasonable and biased about Trump associated issues.”
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One lawyer, Giuliani wrote, referred to as his case “a foregone conclusion” and a “no-win proposition.”
“Amongst different quite a few causes your dealing with of the (Jan. 6) instances is taken into account by many to be essentially the most unnecessarily harsh,” Giuliani advised Howell.
He advised the decide these attorneys think about her to be “ideological slightly than logical.”
In declining to signify him, Giuliani mentioned the attorneys cited objections from their corporations in regards to the impact the case could have on their observe. This comes after two of Giuliani’s legal professionals requested to be faraway from the case final month, citing disagreements with their shopper.
It’s been a tough go for the lawyer previously referred to as “America’s Mayor” who was beforehand employed to defend Trump within the aftermath of the 2020 election and espoused debunked conspiracy theories about non-existent election fraud that helped gas the anti-government sentiment accountable for the Capitol riots. For instance, along with menacing Black ladies election employees, Giuliani made false claims about Democrats rigging the election with malfunctioning voting machines.
Since being named as part of the Fulton County district lawyer’s investigation into election interference, Giuliani has been the recipient of a seemingly neverending string of losses.
In 2022, a disciplinary panel beneficial Giuliani’s disbarment stemming from his “frivolous” and “harmful” protection of “the large lie” that President Joe Biden didn’t legitimately win the 2020 election.
“[Giuliani] claimed large election fraud however had no proof of it,” the Board on Skilled Accountability, a part of the D.C. Bar, wrote in its suggestion. “By prosecuting that harmful case Mr. Giuliani, a sworn officer of the Court docket, forfeited his proper to observe legislation.”
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives throughout a ceremony on the Nationwide September 11 Memorial & Museum commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the September eleventh terrorist assaults on the World Commerce Heart on September 11, 2021, in New York Metropolis. | Supply: Pool / Getty
Except for the newest bother Giuliani has discovered himself in, separate investigators beforehand inquired for 2 years into whether or not he had any unlawful dealings lobbying Ukraine officers in 2019 for info relating to Trump’s adversaries together with Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. The feds had been additionally wanting into whether or not Giuliani tried to undermine the previous ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch.
Prosecutors ultimately charged his Ukrainian associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, in 2019.
But and nonetheless, cases like lastly admitting he made false claims in regards to the 2020 election solely draw additional consideration to Giuliani’s regular public fall from grace, a lot of which was already very obvious to Black communities who had been aware about his interior workings after 5 many years of languishing within the political highlight.
On the top of his reward, Giuliani was heralded for serving to to take down New York Metropolis’s mafia bosses within the ’80s after which efficiently received his bid for mayor within the Nineteen Nineties. After the September 11 assaults, Giuliani was thought-about “America’s Mayor,” solely to morph into an obstructer of democracy as one of many principal lie-spreaders round Trump’s loss within the 2020 presidential election.
From spreading racist conspiracy theories to upholding dangerous insurance policies like stop-and-frisk in New York Metropolis, Giuliani is seemingly headed towards a distinct corridor of fame amid determined and disingenuous makes an attempt at revisionist histories to save lots of him from his continued, spiraling downfall.
Hold studying to see the effective print particulars of Rudy Giuliani’s ongoing journey of spectacular Ls.
1. ‘I Can’t Pay My Payments’
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In November 2024, Rudy Giuliani lashed out at a decide who ordered the disgraced former NYC mayor to pay his mammoth debt to the Black ladies he was discovered responsible of defaming.
2. Choose Orders Rudy Giuliani To Switch Private Property To Election Staff He Defamed
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A federal decide ordered Giuliani to forfeit his most useful property as a Black mom and her daughter who he defamed over the 2020 election start gathering on a mammoth judgment they had been awarded because of this. These property embrace “private property ‘together with money accounts, jewellery and valuables, a authorized declare for unpaid attorneys’ charges, and his curiosity in his Madison Avenue co-op condominium to a receivership’ inside seven days,” NBC Information reported.
The New York Instances beforehand reported that Giuliani — who “owes about 20 folks and companies about $153 million, together with $148 million to the 2 election employees, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss” — hasn’t produced a compensation plan after defaming them over 2020 election lies.
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Among the many objects which are presupposed to be turned over are Giuliani’s condominium, which is valued at $5.7 million, his assortment of luxurious watches, together with watches gifted to him by his grandfather and the French president, a signed Joe DiMaggio jersey and a 1980 Mercedes beforehand owned by actress Lauren Bacall.
Some objects not included within the determination are his three New York Yankees World Collection rings as a result of his son Andrew Giuliani has claimed that his father gifted the rings to him. The decide mentioned Andrew Giuliani’s declare — and Freeman and Moss’s declare to Giuliani’s Florida condominium — could be decided at a later date.
3. Rudy Giuliani To Reluctantly Pay $400,000 After Failed Final-Ditch Chapter Try
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In August 2024, Rudy Giuliani reluctantly agreed to pay a hefty charge because it pertains to his would-be chapter case {that a} decide beforehand rejected.
Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to finish his private chapter case and pay about $400,000 to a monetary adviser employed by his collectors, avoiding a possible deep-dive into the previous New York Metropolis mayor’s funds that was threatened by a federal decide.
The settlement was filed Wednesday in federal court docket in White Plains, New York. That got here almost three weeks after a decide there threw out Giuliani’s chapter case after criticizing him for repeated failures to reveal his revenue sources and to adjust to court docket orders.
4. Giuliani Disbarred In New York Amid Chapter
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Following a months-long assessment of Giuliani’s legislation license after it was suspended in New York and the District of Columbia, the New York Supreme Court docket introduced on July 1 that he’s not allowed to observe legislation in his hometown of New York Metropolis.
“The disciplinary fees stem from the allegations that respondent communicated demonstrably false and deceptive statements to courts, lawmakers, and the general public at massive in his capability as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump marketing campaign in reference to Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020,” the New York Supreme Court docket wrote in its determination. “These false statements had been made to improperly bolster respondent’s narrative that resulting from widespread voter fraud, victory within the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his shopper.”
Because of this, the Court docket continued later in its determination, Giuliani “is disbarred from the observe of legislation, efficient instantly, and till the additional order of this Court docket, and his identify stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law within the State of New York.”
5. Giuliani hits all-time low, information for chapter
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In December 2023, Rudy Giuliani declared chapter after a federal jury ordered him to pay two former election employees almost $150 million for defaming them over 2020 election lies.
The submitting in New York got here days after the greater than $148 million judgment for lies about Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss in a failed try to rig the 2020 election in favor of Donald Trump.
Giuliani mentioned after the judgment that he had no regrets in regards to the election lies he advised, however the chapter submitting suggests in any other case.
6. Black lady who Giuliani defamed sue him once more
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After the decision in favor of Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss — each of whom Giuliani repeatedly defamed and falsely accused of election fraud — the mom and daughter duo have sued the previous New York Metropolis mayor once more over allegations he’s doing the identical factor that obtained him discovered responsible of defamation within the first place.
The brand new lawsuit’s main goal is to cease Giuliani from spreading extra lies and isn’t searching for any extra financial damages past having their lawyer charges paid for.
Learn the complete new lawsuit by clicking right here.
7. Jury orders Giuliani to pay $148 million for defaming former Georgia election employees
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A federal jury dominated on Dec. 15, 2023, that the person as soon as dubbed “America’s mayor” should pay greater than $148 million in damages to the previous Georgia election employees whom he defamed and falsely accused of election fraud.
NBC Information reported that the “eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss, the sum after a four-day trial, throughout which they testified that Giuliani’s lies in help of former President Donald Trump’s bogus stolen-election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats and turned their lives the wrong way up.”
Giuliani is already mentioned to be deeply in debt over the mounting authorized charges he’s accrued from the necessity to defend himself from prison fees he openly introduced on himself.
The decision got here as Giuliani mentioned he has no regrets for the election lies and tried to deflect by blaming former President Barack Obama for the nation’s racial tensions.
8. Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani
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On Sept. 26, CNN reported that President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, is suing Giuliani for allegedly making an attempt to hack a laptop computer and different digital units in an obvious effort to forged disgrace on Trump’s political rival for the 2020 election. The lawsuit additionally names Robert Costello, Giuliani’s former lawyer.
9. Giuliani is deep in debt
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The person as soon as revered as “America’s Mayor” has now been revealed to be in deep debt over the mounting authorized charges he’s accrued from the necessity to defend himself from prison fees he openly introduced on himself.
CNN reported on Sept. 7, 2023, that Giuliani “owes tens of millions of {dollars}” and has held at the very least one formal fundraiser searching for handouts to assist dig him out of what’s presumably a repeatedly deeper gap. However an nameless supply “accustomed to the authorized protection fund” mentioned Giuliani has solely raised “peanuts” that wouldn’t even put a dent in paying off the debt owed.
Estimates place the quantity owed by Giuliani at upwards of $5 million.
Trump, who has mentioned he’s a billionaire, is seemingly not providing his buddy and former private lawyer any cash, both.
10. Pay up: Choose guidelines Giuliani defamed Black election employees
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On Aug. 30, 2023, a federal decide dominated that Giuliani is responsible for defaming two Black election employees, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, “Shaye” Moss.
The 2 ladies turned a goal of conservatives after Trump and his allies, together with Giuliani, ginned up conspiracy theories that the ladies mishandled ballots through the 2020 election.
In accordance with Politico, the ruling by Choose Beryl A. Howell mentioned that Giuliani violated her orders to protect and produce related proof to Freeman and Moss.
This finally led to a “default” judgment towards Giuliani.
Choose Howell additionally ordered Giuliani to pay the 2 ladies “punitive” damages for failing to meet his obligations. A trial to find out the quantity of damages will probably be set for later this 12 months or early 2024, in response to the decide. Damages may vary wherever from hundreds to tens of millions of {dollars}.
“Simply as taking shortcuts to win an election carries dangers — even potential prison legal responsibility — bypassing the invention course of carries critical sanctions,” Choose Howell wrote.
A month earlier, a court docket submitting revealed Giuliani made false statements about Freeman and Moss. Giuliani admitted that “such actionable factual statements” he made about Freeman and Moss “had been false” however nonetheless tried to have their lawsuit towards him dismissed by claiming he’s protected by the First Modification, USA At this time reported.
11. Rudy Giuliani turns himself in at Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace
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On August 24, 2023, Giuliani surrendered to authorities and had a mugshot taken on the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace. He was indicted on fees associated to making an attempt to overturn the 2020 election leads to Georgia. He faces 13 felony counts, which embrace making false statements and soliciting a public officer to violate their oath.
12. Activist holding a placard indict Rudy Giuliani. Activists…
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In August 2022, Giuliani was named in Georgia’s investigation into election interference within the state through the 2020 presidential election. He was given discover to seem earlier than a grand jury in Atlanta, the New York Instances reported on the time.
13. D.C. Bar strikes to completely ban Giuliani from working towards legislation
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In June 2022, the District of Columbia Bar’s disciplinary department made public a latest submitting of fees towards Giuliani reportedly stemming from his function in supporting lawsuits by the Trump marketing campaign. As reported by the Related Press, the transfer comes after New York and the District suspended his license to observe legislation.
The workplace of disciplinary counsel petitioned for a proper disciplinary listening to course of, outlining the actions Giuliani took as counsel for the Trump marketing campaign after the 2020 election. Whereas the alleged improper motion considerations conduct in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia Bar maintains such motion violated its requirements.
14. Rudy Giuliani and son banned from Fox Information
That the cable community received’t even have Giuliani — and his son, Andrew — speaks volumes, and far more clearly than his slurred phrases handle at a Sept. 11 dinner the place he unsuccessfully tried to distance himself from accused pedophile Prince Andrew.
Politico broke the information that the Giuliani boys really realized of their Fox Information destiny the night time earlier than Sept. 11, which can have defined the previous New York Metropolis Mayor’s obvious intoxication in what may have been an effort to numb the ache of getting the right-wing community activate him.
15. September 2021 – Video Reveals ‘Drunk’ Rudy Giuliani Slurring Phrases In 9/11 Speech Weeks After Saying He’s ‘Not An Alcoholic’
A viral video of a speech Rudy Giuliani gave throughout a dinner commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terror assaults suggests he could have had an excessive amount of to drink and even be drunk — very drunk, in truth.
16. July 2021 – The D.C. Court docket of Appeals suspends Giuliani’s legislation license in Washington
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Citing court docket information, CNN reported that the “appeals court docket in DC mentioned Giuliani could be suspended from working as an lawyer within the metropolis ‘pending end result’ of his scenario in New York.”
17. June 2021 – New York State Suspends Giuliani’s Legislation License
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The New York Supreme Court docket wrote in a call to droop Guilini’s legislation license that his prepared participation in spreading lies and disinformation in regards to the 2020 election “instantly threatens the general public curiosity and warrants interim suspension from the observe of legislation, pending additional proceedings earlier than the Legal professional Grievance Committee (typically AGC or Committee).”
It was a damning condemnation and means that Giuliani’s authorized profession is all however over for the 77-year-old.
18. April 2021 – Feds Execute Search Warrant
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Federal investigators raided the New York condominium of president Donald Trump’s former private lawyer Rudy Giuliani early Wednesday as a part of a probe into his dealings in Ukraine.
19. Jan. 2021 – Inciting The Jan. 6 Capitol Assault
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Rudy Giuliani, private lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks throughout a “Save America Rally” close to the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
20. Jan. 2021- Sued By Dominion Voting Techniques
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Dominion voting programs sued Giuliani for false election claims he continued to disseminate through the 2020 presidential election.
21. Dec. 2020 – Erratic Michigan Home Oversight Committee Assembly
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Rudy Giuliani served as authorized illustration throughout an look earlier than the Michigan Home Oversight Committee the place he referred to as on quite a few witnesses who repeated false, damaging and racist claims relating to the 2020 presidential election. Giuliani filed a number of motions which ultimately was rejected by the Supreme Court docket.
22. Nov. 2020 – RNC Presser With Hair Dye
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Giuliani participated in an embarrassing information convention on the Republican Nationwide Committee relating to the frivolous lawsuits across the 2020 presidential election.
23. Oct. 2020 – Look in Borat Movie
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Giuliani was duped within the observe as much as Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 “Borat” movie, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” In a disturbing scene Giuliani will be seen reaching into his pants and apparently touching his genitals whereas reclining on a mattress within the presence of an actor portraying Borat’s daughter who poses as a journalist.