WASHINGTON – A bankruptcy judge has ruled against Rudy Giuliani once respected The former mayor of New York City can complain $146 million verdict after he was convicted of defaming two Georgia election workers — if he uses pre-approved donors to pay legal expenses.
In December, an eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, a multimillion-dollar verdict after Giuliani was found to have defamed them, which the mother-daughter duo said changed their lives forever and led to inundated with a barrage of racist and violent threats. Giuliani falsely accused them of trying to rig Georgia as part of a multi-pronged effort to reverse Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Giuliani declared bankruptcy in New York in December After a federal judge in a Washington case ordered Let Georgia start paying election workers. On Tuesday, the New York bankruptcy judge assigned to Giuliani’s case said the former mayor should seek a judge’s approval before paying third-party fees and expenses. The judge said the payments could not come from Giuliani’s existing assets.
“Any fees and costs incurred by the Debtor and its counsel in the Freeman court in connection with any post-trial motions and Notice of Appeal shall not result in a claim against the Debtor or its estate,” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said. he wrote.
One lawsuit Last week, Freeman and Moss noted that Giuliani’s son is the president of the legal defense fund Giuliani Defense and said it is “important to get clarity on how the Legal Defense Funds finance themselves.” Monday, Giuliani announced he has not given any money, directly or indirectly, to any of the legal defense funds.
The judge in Trump’s fraud case last week is fined More than $350 million, which grew to more than $450 million with interest, after finding that Trump and his superiors had a “complete lack of remorse and remorse” that bordered on “pathological.”