Giuliani Petitions Bankruptcy Court To Let Him Spend $250,000 On New Lawyer To Appeal $146M Judgment

Law & Crime reports:

Rudy Giuliani is requesting a new addition to his legal team while emphasizing it is “imperative” he has a successful appeal of the recently upheld $146 million Georgia election workers defamation judgment that sent him into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Giluani attorney Gary Fischoff filed an application with U.S. Bankruptcy Sean Lane on Wednesday seeking the court’s permission to hire Kenneth Caruso for a “flat fee” of $250,000 as “special litigation counsel,” starting on March 20.

Fischoff explained that Caruso and his eponymous firm would be focusing on an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which Giuliani’s legal team hopes will end with him either having to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss a substantially lower amount or eliminating the judgment in its entirety.

Read the full article. Per the article, Caruso’s alliance with Giuliani goes back to the 70s and Giuliani appointed him to the board of the MTA during his time as NYC mayor.

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