RIP Rudy Giuliani

awesome lawyer talk

“I have no doubt that Mr. Giuiani’s statements caused harm; no question about it,” Sibley said in his closing remarks. “But just because these things happened, it doesn’t make my client responsible for them.”

Hopefully he got paid upfront

gonna have to think that one over

I'm sure there was at least a small part of Rudy that thought the damages number might be $2, or whatever the amount that Trump was awarded in his NFL suit was.

Maybe he forgot that you can't get a pardon for civil suits damages.

he should have done the bravado Sting thing from Quadrophenia.. pull out his checkbook right there in the courtroom

Lawyers will just keep delaying everything and Rudy will probably keep living his lifestyle somewhat until he croaks, but if the world were just the mf'er should have to hand over his house and car keys right there and now. Got to wonder how much of his assets have been moved into other hands in prep for this all happening.

He's not going to pay a dime. No one ever pays a dime, not any of these particular assholes. Trump, Jones, Rudy ...

i feel stupid asking this but like, poor people are basically thrown in jail all the time for legal stuff like unpaid traffic tickets and etc. if these motherfuckers don’t pay damages that they’re supposed to pay, why are they not thrown in jail?

(and i ask this not because i like jail— fire to the prisons— but mostly because i actually just don’t understand this)

(if it’s really just about race and money then that’s what i expect but still)

i mean at some point they do have to pay, like its not true that trump has never paid judgments against him, but hes also wriggled out of a lot of stuff

he's still got millions in property assets and apparently a significant income from podcasts etc for the picking and this is the verdict, I'd rather be them than him at this point.

even if it is pennies to the dollar shit, it's still a victory of sorts. Hopefully all the stress of it causes him to die.

The reason was rich in the first place was that his father put money under his and his siblings names to avoid judgments and whatnot

Calling, I think he already has dyed.

*calzino. Autocorrect besmirched my joke, rather like shoe polish running down the sides of Rudy's face

Giuliani can’t even afford Four Roses now.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 15, 2023

Whomp whomp

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy.html

Among the amusing followons:

UPDATED. Rudy's spox gave me comment on this story. I followed up and asked if he'd stay on as spox given the cost to keep him. Spox said his work isnt contingent on paycheck. I asked again, are you being paid. He told me now he's "never referred to himself as his spokesman" https://t.co/mfPNvp1cTM

— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) December 21, 2023

Doing it for love

But I won't do that

"The best current estimate is dated, but puts Mr Giuliani's net worth around $50m, with approximately $15m of that from his business activities, including his worth with his Giuliani Partners lobbying group, according to CNN. At the time of the estimate — about 15 years ago — he was earning approximately $17m a year.

But that was more than a decade ago, and a lot has changed for Mr Giuliani. On 21 December, Mr Giuliani filed for bankruptcy."

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-net-worth-bankrupt-b2468041.html

I hope he dies broke, homeless and alone.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, December 12, 2023 1:05 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

a huge insult to the many people who die broke, homeless and alone every day.

There are very few, if any, of those people on whom I would wish that fate.

Relistening to Blowback S1, was reminded that he was one of the finalists under consideration for "Viceroy" of Iraq after the invasion. What a shit show.

he is thinking "Jesus take the wheel"

does this mean the women who sued him get nothing?

I think they'll be first in line for a bankruptcy court-determined chunk of his current assets, and maybe a piece of whatever he makes on his continuing grifts while he's under Ch.11 reorg?

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sq4srjwg5noukbywa5stn6ar/bafkreict6524unynkaelo5d7pbpytwahfti4giyvt765s24ld4bk5qjfsq@jpeg

DENIED

you can tell the judge really enjoyed writing that one

A genius at work:

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I don't why Ted Bundy didn't try that genius defense strategy

I don't imagine Rudy can afford competent counsel anymore

Saul Goodman

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rudy-giuliani-ordered-to-testify-under-oath-in-bankruptcy-proceedings/

oh well this thread title is disappointing

But think of the fun we'd have missed if he'd actually died in 2019.

Sigh

"fun"

Oh come on

FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING

Have you forgotten?

Not to mention his sexual harassment lawsuit quotes

Borat scene

Bankruptcy

Dripping hair gunk

Shaving in dining area

Farting in court

ok it's fun. not the fun we want, but the fun we deserve

It's really hard to believe how hard he's fallen since his halcyon days in the 80s

He was always a shameless attention-seeker, he just crashed and burned when he came within Trump's orbit.

forget the 80s, the 2000s americas mayor, he was mayor of the whole country, because of terrorism

yeah all he had to do once he was done as mayor was chill out and shut up and he'd have been set for life, but trump tempted him to his own self-destruction.

not that he wasn't an absolute piece of shit through and through the entire time obv

Booze and age have clearly taken a toll, also.

judgment, competence, reputation—

one of the greatest, most hilarious, and most notable crashes ever

Hunt3r’s American HistoryTM

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