Giuliani’s Debts Mount as He Tries to Overturn $148M Judgment
In The News
Giuliani’s Debts Mount as He Tries to Overturn $148M Judgment
2024-02-23 21:42:34
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani’s appeal this week of a $148 million judgment against him in federal court in Washington, D.C., for defaming two election workers is exposing how severely indebted he has become. He faces additional lawsuits from two companies... Read More

Jury Slaps Giuliani With $148M in Damages in Defamation Case
Law
Jury Slaps Giuliani With $148M in Damages in Defamation Case
2023-12-15 22:10:48
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — After a four-day civil trial, a jury of eight District of Columbia residents awarded two Georgia workers more than $148 million in their defamation case against Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor turned Trump acolyte. Giuliani... Read More

Giuliani Argues for Avoiding Disbarment as a DC Attorney
Law
Giuliani Argues for Avoiding Disbarment as a DC Attorney
2023-11-03 21:17:15
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is awaiting a decision from a legal ethics panel on whether he will retain his license as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. Giuliani’s attorneys argued during a hearing Thursday that he... Read More

Giuliani Loses by Default Judgment in Election Workers’ Defamation Lawsuit
Litigation
Giuliani Loses by Default Judgment in Election Workers’ Defamation Lawsuit
2023-08-30 19:16:08
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani was found liable by a federal court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for defaming two Georgia election workers he accused of falsifying ballots to make Donald Trump lose the 2020 presidential election. The ruling from U.S. District... Read More

DC Legal Ethics Panel Recommends Disbarment for Trump Attorney Giuliani
Law
DC Legal Ethics Panel Recommends Disbarment for Trump Attorney Giuliani
2023-07-08 18:42:05
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is vowing to fight a recommendation Friday from the District of Columbia Bar that he be disbarred. The unanimous decision by the Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility cited Giuliani’s baseless... Read More

DC Panel Says Trump Attorney Giuliani Breached Ethics With Election Lawsuits
Law
DC Panel Says Trump Attorney Giuliani Breached Ethics With Election Lawsuits
2022-12-16 21:14:24
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Former New York Mayor and presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani should be disciplined for violating ethics responsibilities of attorneys after he challenged the 2020 election results, a hearing panel of the District of Columbia Bar concluded Thursday. The three-person... Read More

Giuliani Defamation Lawsuit Shows Challenges Faced by Poll Workers
Litigation
Giuliani Defamation Lawsuit Shows Challenges Faced by Poll Workers
2022-11-02 20:28:58
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani by two Georgia women who counted ballots in 2020. They say the former New York mayor and attorney for Donald Trump... Read More

Giuliani Targeted in Criminal Probe of 2020 Election
Jan. 6
Giuliani Targeted in Criminal Probe of 2020 Election

ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is a target of the criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia, prosecutors informed attorneys for the former New York mayor on Monday.... Read More

Andrew Giuliani Invokes Famous Dad in Bid for NY Governor
2022 Elections
Andrew Giuliani Invokes Famous Dad in Bid for NY Governor

NEW YORK (AP) — After 2020, Rudy Giuliani is not someone most politicians would summon to hold a news conference on their behalf. As the frontman of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, Giuliani made notorious appearances before cameras where he... Read More

Rudy Giuliani Slapped With Ethics Charge Over Baseless Election Lawsuit
Law
Rudy Giuliani Slapped With Ethics Charge Over Baseless Election Lawsuit
2022-06-11 16:19:56
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a hero after 9/11, has been slapped with ethics charges by the disciplinary office of the D.C. Court of Appeals over claims he made in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn... Read More

Feds Raid Giuliani’s Home, Office, Escalating Criminal Probe
Law Enforcement
Feds Raid Giuliani's Home, Office, Escalating Criminal Probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department's investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer. Giuliani, the... Read More

Voting Machine Company Sues Trump Lawyers and Fox News
Litigation
Voting Machine Company Sues Trump Lawyers and Fox News
2021-02-05 22:01:35
by Tom Ramstack

Electronic voting systems operator Smartmatic is suing two of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys and Fox News cable network, claiming they defamed the company by accusing it of rigging the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. The lawsuit... Read More

Voting Machine Company Sues Giuliani for Defamation
Litigation
Voting Machine Company Sues Giuliani for Defamation
2021-01-26 14:47:58
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- Another Trump administration lawyer was hit with a billion-dollar plus lawsuit for defamation Monday after he alleged the company that supplied the voting machines in the 2020 presidential election was implicated in fraud. This time the defendant is... Read More

Rudy Giuliani States He’s ‘Feeling Good’ After Positive COVID-19 Test
Health
Rudy Giuliani States He's 'Feeling Good' After Positive COVID-19 Test

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani became the latest member of President Donald Trump's circle to test positive for coronavirus, the commander in chief announced Sunday, and the former Big Apple mayor stated that he's doing well. "Thank you to all my friends and followers for... Read More

They’re Baaack: Trump and Allies Still Refuse Election Loss
2020 Elections
They're Baaack: Trump and Allies Still Refuse Election Loss

WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday seemed like the end of President Donald Trump's relentless challenges to the election, after the federal government acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden was the “apparent winner” and Trump cleared the way for cooperation on a transition of... Read More

Trump Campaign Pushes to Overturn Michigan’s Election
State News
Trump Campaign Pushes to Overturn Michigan's Election

LANSING, Mich. — The top Republicans in Michigan's GOP-controlled Legislature are expected to visit the White House on Friday as supporters of President Donald Trump take new steps to undermine Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state. This development comes after Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said the campaign would defeat Biden... Read More

2 White House Aides and Guest of Giuliani Test Positive for Coronavirus
White House
2 White House Aides and Guest of Giuliani Test Positive for Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — At least three more people in President Donald Trump's orbit — including White House political director Brian Jack — have tested positive for coronavirus, widening the latest outbreak to ravage the West Wing. Jack, who attended Trump's election night event in the East Room of the White House,... Read More

No, Not That Four Seasons. How Team Trump’s News Conference Ended Up at Landscaping Firm
Political News
No, Not That Four Seasons. How Team Trump's News Conference Ended Up at Landscaping Firm

PHILADELPHIA — What began five years ago with the made-for-TV announcement of Donald Trump's presidential ambitions from the escalator of his ritzy Manhattan high-rise, ended Saturday with his aging lawyer shouting conspiracy theories and vowing lawsuits in a Northeast Philadelphia parking lot, near a sex shop and... Read More

Trump Campaign Requests Fourth Presidential Debate, Earlier Timeline
2020 Elections
Trump Campaign Requests Fourth Presidential Debate, Earlier Timeline
2020-08-06 18:08:42
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's campaign requested a fourth presidential debate against former Vice President Joe Biden be added in early September, arguing that a number of states will already have begun sending mail-in ballots to voters before the first... Read More

Barr Taps Official to Receive Ukraine Tips From Giuliani, Others
Justice
Barr Taps Official to Receive Ukraine Tips From Giuliani, Others

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department designated a U.S. attorney’s office in New York state to coordinate and handle investigations and material related to Ukraine, including receiving information from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. The department... Read More

State Department Says Giuliani Was Freelancing in Venezuela
Foreign Affairs
State Department Says Giuliani Was Freelancing in Venezuela

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s personal lawyer went rogue when he attempted back-channel diplomacy with embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, according to Elliott Abrams, the senior State Department official in charge of Venezuela policy. In an interview with McClatchy and the... Read More

Phone Records Connect Giuliani to Nunes During Ukraine Efforts
Political News
Phone Records Connect Giuliani to Nunes During Ukraine Efforts

WASHINGTON — Call records released Tuesday in the House impeachment probe show President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani had extensive contacts with the White House as well as interactions with Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee. Giuliani... Read More

White House, GOP Embraced ‘Fictional Narrative’ on Ukraine, Witness Warns as impeachment Hearings End
Impeachment
White House, GOP Embraced ‘Fictional Narrative’ on Ukraine, Witness Warns as impeachment Hearings End

WASHINGTON — Two weeks of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump closed Thursday with a collective warning from witnesses: Russia is again trying to sow political discord in the U.S. and interfere in the presidential election... Read More

Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Giuliani Pressed For It, Sondland Says
In The News
Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Giuliani Pressed For It, Sondland Says
2019-11-21 19:40:46
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland, perhaps the star witness of the House impeachment inquiry, said to committee investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, unequivocally sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine in order to... Read More

Ousted Ambassador Tells Impeachment Panel She Felt Threatened When Trump Denounced Her
In The News
Ousted Ambassador Tells Impeachment Panel She Felt Threatened When Trump Denounced Her
2019-11-15 22:31:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, told a House impeachment panel Friday that abruptly being ousted from her post was a heartbreaking experience that was compounded weeks later when she learned President Donald Trump had bad-mouthed... Read More

Giuliani Faces US Probe on Campaign Finance, Lobbying Breaches
Giuliani Faces US Probe on Campaign Finance, Lobbying Breaches

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent as part of an active investigation into his financial dealings, according... Read More

Democrats Take Their Impeachment Case to the Public
In The News
Democrats Take Their Impeachment Case to the Public
2019-11-14 18:57:18
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The first public impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill in two decades featured somber House Democrats, stoic witnesses, an angry but somewhat bungled response by House Republicans attempting to defend President Donald Trump without addressing the allegations against him,... Read More

In Blow to Trump, Sondland Changes Testimony
In The News
In Blow to Trump, Sondland Changes Testimony
2019-11-05 21:22:06
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - House investigators released hundreds of pages of testimony from two top diplomats Tuesday, including a bombshell: revised testimony from one of the men in which he admits he told a top Ukrainian official the country likely would not... Read More

Two Giuliani Associates Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
Impeachment
Two Giuliani Associates Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
2019-10-10 20:43:27
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Two Russian-born associates of President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, were subpoenaed in the House impeachment inquiry just hours after their arrests on campaign finance charges. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman have been tied to efforts by... Read More

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