Giuliani struggling under massive legal bills after defending Trump

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Rudy Giuliani is staring down hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills and sanctions amid numerous lawsuits in addition to the new criminal charges – related to his work for Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

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Rudy will fight this all the way to the Supreme Courtyard by Marriott!

Stolen from random account on Twitter

Wonder what the Russians have on him. Must be good to make him try and stand in front of a freight train.

Probably a lot of dirt from helping them take down the Italian mob of New York so the Russian mob could take over.

My theory: CP, like trumps piss video - the piss was not the problem but the age of the pissers was.

Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

Some of the other stuff that has come out recently (and the Borat sequel hotel scene) make it look like Ghouliani is a rapist or a diddler / both

Would not be shocked if the russians have diddler dirt on him

When the FBI seized several of his cell phones in April 2021 in a now-closed investigation, much of Giuliani’s electronic records were held on a database operated by a company called Trustpoint.One. But they were archived, and running searches on files the company held for more recent litigation isn’t cheap. Even  hosting his records with the company costs $20,000 a month, according to a recent court filing.

No sympathy at all to the drunk fool, but why is it so expensive?

The price is set at what the market will bear, and they're a "Cadillac" service (e.g. aimed at high-income, white-glove-style clientele) per their "About Us" page

https://trustpoint.one/about-us/

In his case it doesn't seem like the best choice.

And often it's the same as the regular version, except issues get bumped in priority and maybe a extra tech support person.

And your manager freaks out when one of them calls and demands anything. I used to work in a vaguely similar support role, though probably with fewer zeros attached.

I don't understand why he doesn't just ask Trump for the money? It's not like Trump has a history of stiffing and being cheap? I'm sure Trump will give G the money to keep him quiet. It's not like Trump will throw G under the bus the moment it's beneficial.

Who’s willing to bet that if it does start to look bad, this guy will suddenly appear as a frail old man in too bad shape to properly face justice. No more make-up or hairdye.

Reminds me of a Pink Floyd lyric:

And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown

And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone

And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around

So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone

Dragged down by the stone

The post right above this "After Years of Spreading Lies, Election Deniers Face Consequences" ...seems like it.

I put money on Rudy and Jenna to flip first, if they haven't already, on Trump.

I hope not. Giuliani deserves to rot in prison

Oh he's going to jail, but he's going to do whatever it takes to make sure he doesn't take all the heat.

That's alright, he's going to have a nice little place to live with meals the rest of his live shortly and then he won't have to worry about his finances

In the Game of Thrones you either win, or you get fux0r3d newb.

Can he struggle in jail too, or is that too much to ask?

When you can’t beat your political opposition, cheat and prosecute them!

4 indictments (so far), 94 charges (so far), RICO charges, many of us watched in realtime as all this dumb shit was happening as it was fucking obvious, overwhelming proof, even his own people have turned on him, now law and order is coming for him and his useful idiots.

I'm sure your either a paid troll, or a pol/ edgelord troll, or perhaps someone who has been a victim of the propaganda machine - this post is hoping you have just been a victim of the rightwing outrage and misinformation media industrial complex, and I hope you get better

That does seem to be the Republican strategy. Well, prosecute your opposition's children anyway. But it doesn't seem to be working out the way they'd hoped.

Well, Biden did beat Trump, but Giuliani isn't running for anything so he's not the opposition.

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