September 27, 2024

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.

 

The brief ruling from Washington D.C.'s appeals court said Giuliani did not respond to an order to explain why he should not be disbarred in Washington after he was in New York last summer.

 

Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, called the decision “an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice.” Giuliani has argued that he believed the claims he was making on behalf of the Trump campaign were true.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-dc-washington-2020-election-trump-new-york-f555f010338fddbac0b0cbeb4a11d73d

 

Bravo!

 

Now if only all the other high-level insurrectionists (GOP politicians, Trump lawyers and fake electors) would be held similarly accountable!

 

 

Good!

I hope that he appreciates what working for Trump has earned him.

 

I also hope that he was paid for all his work by Trump.

Seems Rudy and Trump both share the same habit of often failing to promptly pay their debts and/or trying to find ways to weasel out of them.

 

Rudy Giuliani owes $300,000 to firm that worked on his bankruptcy case, judge says

September 24, 2024

 

(CNN)  — Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding.

 

The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global Data Risk was the last vestige of his efforts earlier this year to hold off creditors, to whom he is nearly $150 million in debt. [emphasis added]

 

Giuliani had argued to the judge, Sean Lane of the US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York, that the fees of the accounting firm such as billing for meetings, travel and interview time as they researched his assets for the creditors should be reduced. But Lane is giving the accounting firm nearly all it sought.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy/index.html

 

 

Background:

Judge ends Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case, says he flouted the process with his lack of transparency

July 13, 2024

 

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts. [emphasis added]

 

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane criticized Giuliani for repeated “uncooperative conduct,” self-dealing, and a lack of transparency. The judge cited failures to comply with court orders, failure to disclose sources of income, and his apparent unwillingness to hire an accountant to go over his books.

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Giuliani is now free to also pursue an appeal of the defamation verdict, which arose from his efforts to overturn Republican Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-bankruptcy-freeman-moss-2020-election-3cf8d70d1dc2608705c9f938bbb8941d

 

 

 

 

Background #2:

 

Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies

December 16, 2023

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.

 

The damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republicans as they tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.

 

There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the $75 million award in punitive damages for the women. Moss and Freeman were each awarded another roughly $36 million in other damages.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-2020-election-georgia-defamation-moss-freeman-6f6446c4f5224f521db8ff7763fb12d1

 

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Background #2:

 

Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies

December 16, 2023

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.

 

The damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republicans as they tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.

 

There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the $75 million award in punitive damages for the women. Moss and Freeman were each awarded another roughly $36 million in other damages.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-2020-election-georgia-defamation-moss-freeman-6f6446c4f5224f521db8ff7763fb12d1

 

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/30/lawyer/

 

He who will take no-Advice, but be always his own Counsellor, shall be sure to have a Fool for his Client.

 

Alternatively there is this

 

https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-a-man-who-is-his-own-lawyer-has-a-fool-for-a-client-mean#:~:text=The phrase "a man who,can lead to unfavorable outcomes.

 

The phrase "a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client" is a time-honored adage emphasizing the risks of representing oneself in legal matters. Essentially, it suggests that taking on the role of your own lawyer, rather than hiring a professional, is unwise and can lead to unfavorable outcomes.

 

 

7 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

September 27, 2024

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.

 

The brief ruling from Washington D.C.'s appeals court said Giuliani did not respond to an order to explain why he should not be disbarred in Washington after he was in New York last summer.

 

Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, called the decision “an absolute travesty and a total miscarriage of justice.” Giuliani has argued that he believed the claims he was making on behalf of the Trump campaign were true.

 

(more)

 

https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-dc-washington-2020-election-trump-new-york-f555f010338fddbac0b0cbeb4a11d73d

 

Bravo!

 

Now if only all the other high-level insurrectionists (GOP politicians, Trump lawyers and fake electors) would be held similarly accountable!

 

 

Good news

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.

32 minutes ago, impulse said:

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.

These women faced death threats because of Giuliiani's lies.

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.

 

Care to advise why so many in trump's orbit are convicted of criminal offences; without the deflection of guilt / conspiracy nonsense

3 hours ago, impulse said:

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.

You sure?

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris

On 9/27/2024 at 4:21 AM, impulse said:

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.

The real question is whether you believed Giuliani's lies about the 2020 election.

On 9/27/2024 at 2:21 AM, impulse said:

Did you hear that?  That was the sound of Trump's polling numbers going up.  Again. 

 

The idea that 2 election workers were harmed to the tune of 50x what they'd make in their lifetime, is ridiculous.   

 

That Giuliani was disbarred in a venue that votes over 90% blue surprises nobody, but infuriates a lot of voters.