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☆ Legal woes pile up for Trump allies: Giuliani, Meadows, and more indicted in Arizona election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those indicted in an Arizona election interference case. Multiple Trump allies and Arizona GOPers were charged with felony counts, including conspiracy. The indictment also appeared to list former President Donald Trump as "Unindicted Coconspirator 1." AdvertisementProsecutors charged Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a slate of Arizona Republicans with multiple felonies in a 58-page indictment made public on Wednesday. A representative for Trump and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, —, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Christina Bobb, Trump, Mike Roman, Boris Epshteyn, Ted Goodman, Giuliani, Bobb, Charles Burnham, Eastman, George Terwilliger, Meadows, hadn't, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Service, Prosecutors, Arizona Republicans, The Washington, GOP, Eastman, Business, Post, United, Trump Organization Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County , Arizona, Ellis, United States, Georgia , Michigan , Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia, Mar, New York

☆ Trump is unindicted co-conspirator in 2020 Michigan fake electors probe, investigator testifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Nessel, a Democrat, charged 16 fake Republican electors from Michigan last summer. Shock answered “yes” when the lawyer asked about Trump, Meadows, Giuliani and Ellis. Trump, Giuliani, Meadows and Ellis aren’t facing charges in Michigan. Investigators in December interviewed pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a leading role in the fake electors plot. State prosecutors in Michigan, Georgia and Nevada have now charged at least some of the fake electors in their states.

Persons: Donald Trump, general’s, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jenna Ellis, Dana Nessel, Howard Shock, Shock, Ellis, Trump, Meadows, Ellis aren’t, Giuliani, Ted Goodman, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: CNN, Trump, Trump White House, Michigan, Giuliani, Prosecutors Locations: Michigan, Lansing, Meadows, Giuliani, Ellis, Michigan , Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin, New Mexico, Pennsylvania

☆ Big donation to Rudy Giuliani defense fund is target of lawsuit alleging fraud by donor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

There is no public evidence that Giuliani and Martorano know each other. Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman, in an email to CNBC, said "This is a lawsuit unrelated to us." CNBC requested comment from lawyers for Martorano, his wife, and the other defendants in both the Georgia lawsuit and a federal civil racketeering and fraud lawsuit in California related to the alleged skincare cream scam. In her ruling, the judge wrote that the plaintiff "has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that Konnektive Defendants deceived banks and credit card companies." "The Konnektive software was designed specifically for the purpose of facilitating automated bank fraud," according to the federal suit.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Bonnie Cash, Rudy Giuliani's, Matthew Martorano, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Trump, —, Martorano, Kevin Kneupper, LeAnne Tan, Ted Goodman, Kathryn Martorano, Konnektive, Kneupper, San Diego judge's, Don Emmert Organizations: New York, U.S, Reuters, New York City, CNBC, La, Visa, Mastercard, Fulton County Superior Court, San Diego, Federal, New, Trump National Golf, AFP, Getty, Trump Save America, Save, Commission Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, Martorano, Fulton County, California, San Diego, San, New York, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ At least 6 Trump co-defendants in Georgia election interference case have talked plea deals, and the list most likely won't include Rudy Giuliani
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

So far, four people have accepted plea deals, including Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell. The details of the plea deals were not disclosed. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants in mid-August under the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. AdvertisementAdvertisement"That could very well be the case but not necessarily," Melissa Redmon, a former deputy district attorney at the Fulton County District Attorney's Office told Insider. So far, Redmon noted, the co-defendants who have accepted plea deals have gotten a dismissal or reduction of charges.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, —, Donald Trump's, Robert Cheeley, Misty Hampton, Micahel Roman, Richard Rice, Rice, Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Scott, Fani Willis, Melissa Redmon, Redmon, Powell, Trump's, Giuliani, Ted Goodman Organizations: CNN, Service, Trump, White House, Cheeley, Fulton, Attorney's Office, Attorney's, White Locations: Georgia, state's, Fulton County , Georgia, Hampton, Fulton County's, Fulton County, Fulton

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and another attorney Tuesday, saying the two wrongly accessed and shared his personal data after obtaining it from the owner of a Delaware computer repair shop. The suit filed in California also claims Biden’s data was “manipulated, altered and damaged” before it was sent to Giuliani and Costello, and has been further altered since then. House Republicans, meanwhile, have continued to investigate every aspect of Hunter Biden's business dealings and sought to tie them to his father, the president, as part of an impeachment inquiry. Hunter Biden, meanwhile, after remaining silent as the images are splayed across the country, has changed his tactic, and his allies have signaled there's more to come. Giuliani provided the information to a reporter at the New York Post, which first wrote about the laptop, Biden's attorney said in a letter pushing for a federal investigation.

Persons: — Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Giuliani, Robert Costello, Costello, Ted Goodman, Hunter, ”, Biden doesn’t, he's, Trump, Biden, Eric Tucker Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, Giuliani, New, New York City, Associated Press, Department, Trump, House Republicans, New York Post Locations: Delaware, California, New York, Wilmington

☆ Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her on day of attack on Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide, claims in a new book that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage at the rally that preceded the former president’s supporters’ insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Rudy Giuliani speaks from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021. Waving a stack of documents, he moves towards me, like a wolf closing in on its prey,” Hutchinson writes. I lower my eyes and watch his free hand reach for the hem of my blazer,” Hutchinson writes. Giuliani’s legal issuesHutchinson’s claims come as Giuliani faces a series of legal issues, including millions of dollars in mounting legal bills.

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☆ Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleges Rudy Giuliani groped her on the day of the Capitol riot while another Trump lawyer watched
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ex-Trump WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims that Giuliani groped her on the day of the Capitol riot. She said another former Trump lawyer, John Eastman, witnessed the incident and gave her a "leering grin." In the memoir, Hutchinson wrote of how she felt "a creeping sense of dread that something really horrible [was] going to happen" on January 6. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I find Rudy in the back of the tent with, among others, John Eastman," she wrote, according to The Guardian. "Mayor Rudy Giuliani will pursue all appropriate legal action against this disgusting lie."

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☆ Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyers sue him for the $1.4 million they say he owes for defending him in election interference investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jack Newsham | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $1.4 million in unpaid bills. Costello and Giuliani's advisor Ted Goodman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday evening. One of Trump's PAC has also paid $340,000 to a legal records firm that Giuliani owed money to, records show. In July, a panel of the DC Bar recommended that Giuliani's law license be revoked. Giuliani isn't the only Trump ally to fail to pay legal fees to Costello.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani's, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Davidoff Hutcher, Citron, Robert Costello, Costello, Jack Smith's, Fani Willis, . Costello, Ted Goodman didn't, Eduardo Munoz Rudy Giuliani's, Trump, it's, Steve Bannon Organizations: Service, US, Office, of, New York City, New York Law, REUTERS, CNN, Trump's PAC, DC Locations: Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, Georgia, Southern, of New York, Bedminster , New Jersey, New York, Mexico

☆ Rudy Giuliani keeps telling judges he's broke, but won't share financial statements and took a private jet to his Georgia booking
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rudy Giuliani keeps saying he's broke and can't pay legal bills. Giuliani, US District Judge Beryl Howell wrote, provided only "a sliver of the financial documents required to be produced" for the lawsuit. Since the dawn of time, people have made up excuses to avoid doing things they do not want to do," Smartmatic's lawyers wrote. According to Smartmatic, Giuliani has provided shifting and slippery answers to questions about whether he can afford them. AdvertisementAdvertisement"So far, Giuliani's financial position tends to be whatever is most convenient for Giuliani," Smartmatic's lawyers wrote.

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☆ Giuliani loses support of billionaires Langone, Cooperman: 'I wouldn't give him a nickel'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Langone contributed $4,600 to Giuliani's 2008 campaign for president, according to FEC records. This executive donated $2,300 to Giuliani's 2008 run for president, according to FEC records. Goodman did not say who is contributing to help Giuliani pay for his legal fees or how much those entities have raised. "I probably will," said Catsimatidis, who owns New York radio station WABC that employs Rudy Giuliani and his son. "I think people should help Rudy Giuliani.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Rudy, I'm, Brian France, Ken Langone, Forbes, Langone, Cooperman, It's, Leon Cooperman, Trump, he's, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Joe Biden swiped, Andrew Giuliani, John Catsimatidis, Catsimatidis Organizations: New York City, NASCAR, New, FEC, Trump, Billionaire, Commission, CNBC, titans, Former New York City, Wall Street, Washington D.C, Giuliani, Twitter, Giuliani Defense, New York, WABC, New York Republican Locations: Georgia, Washington , U.S, France, New York, New York City, Russian, York City, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ Rudy Giuliani, who keeps telling courts he's broke, just got hit with a $132,000 bill from a judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rudy Giuliani automatically lost a defamation lawsuit brought by two election workers in Georgia. The judge said the "cloak of victimization" Giuliani wears in public won't fly in her courtroom. A jury will decide how much he will pay in damages to the election workers, in addition to the sanctions. AdvertisementAdvertisementGiuliani had broadcast false rumors that accused Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea' ArShaye Moss of fraud, and they sued him for defamation. He's also on the hook for another $43,684 in fees associated with his businesses' failure to hand over discovery evidence in the case.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Beryl Howell didn't, Howell, Ruby Freeman, Wandrea, ArShaye Moss, Freeman, Moss, He's, Ted Goodman, Goodman Organizations: Service, New York, New, US, Southern, of, FBI Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, New York, Georgia's, of New York

☆ Some former mobsters who were prosecuted by Rudy Giuliani are thrilled that the ex-Trump attorney got hit with RICO charges, mob lawyers say: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani gained notoriety as a prosecutor for going after New York City mafias in the 1980s. Recently, he was indicted on RICO charges — the same prosecutorial tool he used to take down mafias. A lawyer who represented prominent New York mobsters said his clients are "fucking thrilled." "I don't want to say the language, but they really ripped Rudy a new a------," he told the outlet. Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who witnessed Giuliani's political rise in the city, also chimed in and told Politico that the indictment was "more than Shakespearean."

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☆ Michael Cohen is relishing Rudy Giuliani being charged with RICO violations: 'Karma boomerang is a bitch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen is relishing the the fact that Rudy Giuliani has been charged with RICO violations. Giuliani and Trump were among 19 defendants indicted in a sprawling RICO case earlier this week. Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to an array of felonies in 2018 and was sentenced to three years in prison as a result, told Insider in a text message. He was referring to former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was charged with RICO violations and a slew of other crimes in connection to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. "I see Michael Cohen is keeping it classy as always," Ted Goodman, a political advisor to Giuliani, said in response to Cohen's comments.

Persons: Michael Cohen, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Trump, Donald Trump's, Fani Willis, Willis, Ted Goodman, Michael, —, Cohen, Rudy, Donald Organizations: Service, Fulton Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Georgia, Fulton County

“He is having financial difficulties,” Giuliani’s lawyers said in a filing this month in a civil defamation case brought by two Georgia election workers against him. The criminal charges that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought against Trump, Giuliani and 17 others will undoubtedly add to the former mayor’s legal bills. Giuliani wanted to search the records so he could respond in each of the election-related lawsuits, according to court filings. By May, Giuliani was more than $320,000 behind in payments to the document hosting company, according to a sworn statement he made in court. The New York state judge overseeing Smartmatic’s defamation case has a hearing set for Wednesday.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Mr, ”, “ Giuliani, ” Giuliani, Fani Willis, Jack Smith’s, Trump, Giuliani’s, Bernie Kerik, Robert Costello, Ted Goodman, he’d, “, Trustpoint “, Shaye Moss, Ruby Freeman, Moss, Freeman’s, ” Moss, Freeman, Smartmatic, it’s, that’s Organizations: CNN, New, New York City, Trump, Giuliani, Democracy, FBI, Trustpoint, Voting Systems, Dominion Locations: New York, Manhattan, Georgia, DC, Fulton County, Washington, litigating

☆ Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rudy Giuliani made his career using RICO to go after the mob when he was a US Attorney. Now, he's been indicted on RICO charges himself by the Fulton County DA's office. Giuliani was charged in connection to his efforts to help Trump overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. That's Rudy Giuliani, who spearheaded the Manhattan US attorney's office in the 1980s before going on to serve as the mayor of New York City. The former mayor was indicted in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia to help Donald Trump stay in office.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, he's, Giuliani, Trump, That's Rudy Giuliani, Ted Goodman, Donald Trump, Fani Willis Organizations: Service, Manhattan US, Organization, Fulton County Locations: Fulton County, Wall, Silicon, New York City, Georgia, New York, York City

☆ Grand jury that handed up 2020 election indictment against Trump meets again
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Casey Gannon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A federal grand jury reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since handing up an indictment last week against former President Donald Trump related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. CNN spotted grand jury members at the federal courthouse in Washington, an indication that the investigation into election interference is not over. In the Trump indictment, prosecutors refer to six unnamed co-conspirators, raising questions about whether they also could face charges in the case. On Monday, Bernie Kerik, a longtime Giuliani associate who coordinated with him after the 2020 election, met with investigators at the special counsel’s office. Kerik spoke with investigators about Giuliani’s efforts to try to uncover election fraud in 2020, according to his attorney Tim Parlatore.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith’s, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Bernie Kerik, Giuliani, Kerik, Tim Parlatore, Giuliani “, Ted Goodman, eviscerates Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump, Prosecutors Locations: Washington

☆ Rudy Giuliani puts luxury Manhattan apartment on the block for $6.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Jack Newsham | Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani's 3-bedroom Upper East Side co-op apartment just hit the market. The listing comes after Giuliani appeared as a co-conspirator in Trump's latest indictment. It's not clear why Giuliani is selling the unit, which he has owned for several decades. Despite his history as a prominent prosecutor and mayor of New York City, Giuliani, whose New York law license has been suspended, has had liquidity issues in the past. In 2022, a judge said Giuliani would be locked up if he didn't pay his ex-wife Judith Giuliani over $200,000 in alimony.

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☆ The new Trump indictment takes aim at his closest allies. They can save themselves by flipping against him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new indictment against Donald Trump refers to six unindicted co-conspirators. The last time a prosecutor tried flipping people close to Trump, it didn't go too well. According to the new federal indictment against him, brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, Trump had six criminal co-conspirators. Smith is also overseeing a separate prosecution against Trump and two alleged co-conspirators related to the ex-president's hoarding of government documents. The Manhattan district attorney's office charged Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with a litany of white collar crimes in 2021.

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The four-count, 45-page indictment charges Republican Trump with conspiring to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory and to deprive voters of their right to a fair election. The charges stem from Special Counsel Jack Smith's sprawling investigation into allegations Trump sought to reverse his loss to Biden. The indictment lays out numerous examples of Trump's election falsehoods and notes that close advisers, including senior intelligence officials, told him repeatedly that the election results were legitimate. "President Trump will not be deterred by disgraceful and unprecedented political targeting!" Tuesday's charges represent a second round of federal charges by Smith, who was appointed a special counsel in November by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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☆ Who are the Trump co-conspirators in the 2020 election interference indictment?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN, however, can identify five of the six co-conspirators based on quotes in the indictment and other context. They include:Co-Conspirator 1 is former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Among other things, the indictment quotes from a voicemail that Co-Conspirator 1 left “for a United States Senator” on January 6, 2021. The quotes in the indictment match quotes from Giuliani’s call intended for GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, as reported by CNN and other outlets. The indictment quotes from the memo, and those quotes match a two-page memo that Eastman wrote, as reported and published by CNN.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani admits to making false statements about 2 Georgia election workers who later faced death threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Madison Hall | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

After the 2020 election, Rudy Giuliani baselessly claimed two Georgia election workers manipulated ballots. One of the workers, Ruby Freeman, said she lost her "name" and "reputation" as a result. On Wednesday, Giuliani said in a filing he's not contesting the fact his statements were false. The filing says Giuliani is only conceding to making false statements for the purposes of litigation strategy so that he can save some money. Giuliani's spokesperson Ted Goodman told Insider that, despite conceding that he made false statements in the filing, the former mayor still plans to further contest the defamation suit.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani concedes he made 'false' statements about Georgia election workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Summer Concepcion | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media as he leaves federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday that he made "false" statements about two Georgia 2020 election workers who are suing him over baseless claims of fraud that he made against them. "Defendant Giuliani, for the purposes of litigation only, does not contest that, to the extent the statements were statements of fact and other wise actionable, such actionable factual statements were false," Giuliani wrote in a signed stipulation that he said was intended to "avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." Giuliani had claimed that Freeman and Moss were "passing around USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine." The filing by Giuliani comes after Georgia's State Election Board last month dismissed its yearslong investigation into alleged election fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, clearing Freeman and Moss of wrongdoing.

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July 26 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, onetime attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, admitted in a court filing late Tuesday that he made defamatory statements about a pair of Georgia election workers. No evidence supports such claims, which have been repeatedly debunked by Georgia election officials. Freeman and Moss are seeking sanctions against Giuliani, alleging he failed to preserve important evidence. Tuesday's court document said Giuliani wants "to avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." He is also facing defamation lawsuits from voting companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic about fraud claims he made about the 2020 election.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Moss, Ruby Freeman, Freeman, Ted Goodman, Michael Gottlieb, Trump, Bob Costello, Dominion's, Jacqueline Thomsen, David Bario, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Voting Systems, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Washington, litigating, New York, Manhattan, York, Columbia

(Reuters) - Two Georgia election workers suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation asked a U.S. judge on Tuesday to decide the lawsuit in their favor, arguing that the former New York mayor and personal lawyer for Donald Trump forfeited the case by allegedly failing to preserve important evidence. Lawyers for the pair asked a Washington, D.C. federal judge to levy “severe” sanctions against Giuliani, including a default judgment finding Giuliani liable for defamation. Attorneys for Giuliani and the election workers did not immediately return requests for comment. Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani, said the evidence requests were “deliberately overly burdensome” and sought information aimed at embarrassing and intimidating Giuliani. Lawyers for the election workers said in a court filing that those efforts collapsed after Giuliani did not agree.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani: Attorney disciplinary committee recommends disbarrment for 2020 election legal work
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Katelyn Polantz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An attorney disciplinary committee has recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in Washington, DC, for his efforts on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results. “He claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence of it,” the committee wrote. “By prosecuting that destructive case Mr. Giuliani, a sworn officer of the Court, forfeited his right to practice law. He should be disbarred.”The panel’s recommendation is not final; the case against Giuliani still must be considered by DC’s Board on Professional Responsibility and by the DC court of appeals. To the contrary, he has declared his indignation over being subjected to the disciplinary process,” the committee wrote in its report.

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