Thoroughly disgraced former Trump attorney and Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, just got an absolutely brutal ruling against him in court that could cost him literal millions and potentially alter the course of the rest of his life.
Giuliani has long been trying to declare bankruptcy after he was sued for defamation by two Georgia election workers — claiming that he simply does not have the funds to pay what he owes in the lawsuit.
Today, his bankruptcy case was formally dismissed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane, paving the way for Rudy’s defamation victims to collect the millions of dollars they’re owed.
MSNBC contributor Adam Klasfeld took to X (formerly known as Twitter) with a post of the court documents in Rudy’s bankruptcy case, in which Judge Lane referred to Giuliani’s lack of financial transparency” as “particularly troubling.”
Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case has been DISMISSED, removing a hurdle for Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman to collect their judgment.
The judge slammed Giuliani’s “lack of financial transparency” as “particularly troubling.”
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— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 12, 2024
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“Counsel to the Freeman Plaintiffs should settle an order on three days’ notice,” Lane wrote in his dismissal of the case. “The proposed order should be submitted by filing a notice of the proposed order on the Case Management/Electronic Case filing docket, with a copy of the proposed order attached as an exhibit to the notice.”
On Wednesday, former special counsel for the Department of Defense Ryan Goodman told CNN’s Erin Burnett that Rudy’s bankruptcy case was expected to hit the “end of the road” this week.
That same day, Judge Lane stated that he was leaning toward dismissing the former attorney’s request for financial protection, “frankly, because I am concerned that the past is prologue.”
Giuliani lost a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who were awarded $148 million in damages. Goodman said that the pair would likely head to the courts in New York, Florida, and Washington D.C. to seek immediate liens against the former Trump attorney’s properties, which boast a collective value of over $11 million.
Rudy first filed for bankruptcy in December but has made an absolute mess of things from the very start — regularly missing court filing deadlines and being dodgy and sketchy with regard to standard bankruptcy questions about his finances.
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