Mr Giuliani filed for bankruptcy last month after he was ordered to pay $148m to Georgia election workers he defamed

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has listed a claim against the one-term president over unpaid legal fees in a new bankruptcy filing.

The ex-New York City mayor includes a “possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J Trump.” in the 26 January filing, which states that the amount is “undetermined.”

Mr Giuliani filed for bankruptcy last month, days after a federal judge ordered him to “immediately” pay more than $148m to a pair of Georgia election workers a jury determined he defamed.

Mr Giuliani represented Mr Trump in a string of unsuccessful lawsuits contesting the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.

Mr Trump’s legal fees owed to Mr Giuliani have previously been reported. The New York Times wrote in August 2023 that “Mr Trump has never explicitly told Mr Giuliani why he is effectively stiffing him, but the former president has pointed out that he lost the cases related to the election.”

  • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    15 months ago

    I thought that was funny, so I checked the source again, leaving me disappointed - feeling that they were just providing context for international readers.

    Am I wrong (it was indeed a jab over the Stop The Steal mindset)?

    • @BossDj@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      The article, if I recall, used multiple such phrases in lieu of pronouns and articles just to make the story flow a little more nicely.

      Still made me snort.