Tag Archives: Rudy Giuliani

Law & Crime reports: Rudy Giuliani “weaponized his law license” in an assault on the Constitution that he took an oath to uphold, the D.C. disciplinary counsel charged at the start of the former New York City mayor’s attorney misconduct hearing on Monday. “Nobody would disagree that the right to vote is fundamental,” disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox noted in his …

CNBC reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges in an investigation related to his efforts in Ukraine to help former President Donald Trump politically, federal prosecutors told a judge Monday. Giuliani, a former top federal prosecutor who has acted as Trump’s personal lawyer in the past, faced a grand jury probe in the Southern …

Law & Crime reports: Rudy Giuliani has been dealt another setback on Wednesday in a multi-billion dollar legal battle accusing him of defaming the Smartmatic voting machine company to propagate 2020 election conspiracy theories. On Wednesday, the judge agreed to revive one of the counts that Giuliani had successfully dismissed. That count alleged that Giuliani defamed the company by claiming …

Law & Crime reports: Two election workers in Georgia won a victory in federal court on Monday as a judge declined to dismiss their defamation lawsuit filed against former New York City mayor and Donald Trump’s longtime friend and erstwhile election attorney Rudy Giuliani. Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye“ Moss allege that the man once known as “America’s mayor” defamed …

Axios reports: Rudy Giuliani plans to defend himself in an upcoming legal ethics case — and he’ll have help from a number of 2020 election deniers. Giuliani could lose his ability to practice law in Washington, D.C., if he loses the case, similar to how he can’t practice in the state of New York over his election fraud claims. Giuliani’s …

The New York Daily News reports: The tough talking former mayor who made his name putting lawbreakers in jail ran up against a tough talking judge who’s ready to do the same — to him. Rudy Giuliani has been warned: Either produce the records of payments he says he made to his ex-wife or expect a deputy to haul him …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani skipped out on a court hearing in Manhattan Friday where a judge ordered the 78-year-old to pay his ex-wife over $225,000 as part of a divorce settlement, or he could wind up in jail. Judge Michael Katz said Giuliani is in contempt of court and has until …

CNN reports: The case against the man accused of slapping Rudy Giuliani on the back in a Staten Island supermarket has been adjourned “in contemplation of dismissal,” and is expected to be dismissed in six months, according to a source with knowledge of the case. Daniel Gill, a ShopRite employee, was charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury, …

The New York Daily News reports: Facing mounting legal woes, former President Donald Trump’s adviser Rudy Giuliani said he won’t back down in court — no matter what his ex wife says. The former New York City mayor, fresh off a Georgia grand jury investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Giuliani squared off …

The New York Times reports: An associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, tried to pass a message to Mr. Trump asking him to grant Mr. Giuliani a “general pardon” and the Presidential Medal of Freedom just after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a new book. The associate, Maria Ryan, also pleaded …

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani has added a new excuse to the Rolodex of reasons put forward by Trumpworld to explain the alleged classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. In an appearance on Newsmax, the former president’s attorney suggested Donald Trump did have sensitive material but was just taking it to a safe place. “They want to make him responsible for …

The Associated Press reports: Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had “satisfied his obligation” after facing hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. In an interview with The Associated Press, Giuliani said Fulton …

The Associated Press reports: Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. It’s unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney for Trump will be willing to say now that …

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been told that he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into election interference by Donald J. Trump and his advisers, one of Mr. Giuliani’s lawyers said on Monday. Mr. Giuliani is scheduled to appear before the special grand jury on Monday at a downtown Atlanta courthouse. …

Vice News reports: Many of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies are promising revenge after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Monday. But his former campaign lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, went a step further. Giuliani predicted to the New York Post that if Trump returns to the White House after the 2024 election, he’ll use the …

Raw Story reports: Georgia prosecutors offered Rudy Giuliani a bus ticket after he claimed he could not comply with a subpoena because his doctor would not let him fly. Giuliani’s attorney, Robert Costello, said that the judge had excused his client from testimony on Tuesday. But Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten called Giuliani’s bluff. “We do not consent …

The New York Times reports: As Rudolph W. Giuliani comes under intensifying scrutiny for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, another legal threat is quietly fading: the criminal inquiry into his ties to Ukraine during the presidential campaign. The investigation, conducted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the F.B.I., has examined whether Mr. Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump …

NBC News reports: A New York judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Georgia special grand jury hearing evidence in an investigation into possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and others, court filings show. The order came after Giuliani, who was Trump’s personal attorney, failed to appear at a July 13 hearing before the judge …

The New York Daily News reports: Get out the violin. John Catsimatidis — the former mayoral candidate, radio host and supermarket magnate — rushed to Rudy Giuliani’s defense during a radio interview with Mayor Adams on Friday, saying the former mayor had a medical procedure after making the accusation that a man who patted him on the back actually assaulted …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The Fulton County special grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections has subpoenaed key members of former President Donald Trump’s legal team, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. In addition to Giuliani, among those being summoned are John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, all of whom advised Trump on strategies …