slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

"Broke" and abandoned: Rudy Giuliani is reportedly now getting the cold shoulder from Trump

By Jon Skolnik

Donald Trump is continuing to rake in the cash from supporters while shrugging his shoulders at the people who failed to secure him a second term.

Despite boasting a war chest of more than $100 million, Trump is reportedly refusing to extend any help to his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who is now struggling under a mountain of legal fees that could leave the former New York mayor entirely broke. According to The New York Times, Trump raised a whopping $102 million in the first half of 2021. Salon reported last month that he has been relatively frugal in his spending habits, opting to not direct any of the money toward his e******n conspiracy efforts, including the GOP-backed recounts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, or Arizona.

On Sunday, Maggie Haberman reported that Trump's fiscal conservatism appears to apply even to his closest allies – and namely, one of his most loyal e******n objectors: Rudy Giuliani.

"Giuliani allies are looking at the Trump $ - even if it isn't $82 million," Haberman tweeted, adding that the ex-lawyer's friends say "he is close to broke."

"Trump aides have been clear they see no mechanism for paying Giuliani's legal bills that isn't problematic for Trump, and they think Giuliani took actions a lawyer should have known were problematic, even if the client wanted it," Haberman continued. "But this is of note in the context of Trump having had a previous lawyer who pleaded guilty and then cooperated with an investigation into Trump."

The report comes amid two major legal setbacks for the former mayor.

Currently, Giuliani is steeped in a federal investigation alleging that he worked as an unregistered lobbyist for Ukraine, pressuring Ukrainian officials to launch a probe in President Biden and his son H****r by threatening to withhold U.S. military aid. The ex-attorney is also the subject of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from D******n V****g Systems over his baseless claims that the company's equipment was c*********d in President Biden's favor.

Earlier this month, the Daily Beast found that Giuliani had managed to raise a "paltry" $9,798 for his legal defense fund – about $4,990,202 short of his goal. To boot, the Trump loyalist was also recently suspended from practicing law in the state of New York, significantly crippling his ability to make any personal income.

But even on the brink of apparent bankruptcy, Giuliani doesn't appear to be particularly fazed.

Last week, the ex-attorney told NBC New York that everything he's done over the past several years came as part of an effort to defend his client, Donald Trump. "I'm more than willing to go to jail if they want to put me in jail," Giuliani said in a Friday interview. "And if they do, they're going to suffer the consequences in Heaven, I'm not. Because I didn't do anything wrong."

Trump's refusal to extend Giuliani aid appears to be part of a broader effort by the former president to distance himself from the ex-attorney.

Back in January, The Washington Post reported that Trump "instructed aides not to pay Giuliani's legal fees and "has demanded that he personally approve any reimbursements for the expenses Giuliani incurred while traveling on the president's behalf to challenge e******n results in key states." Trump also privately "expressed concern" about some of Giuliani's moves in attempting to overturn the e******n and was put off by the ex-attorney's $20,000 daily fees.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

Has Guiliano confirmed this? No,? You know why? It's not true!

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Appears, apparently, it was reported.........

Where's the facts?

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Sorry Arch. I left the forum earlier to watch a movie with The Sgt. Major, and forgot to provide the link to the story.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/broke-and-abandoned-rudy-giuliani-is-reportedly-now-getting-the-cold-shoulder-from-trump/ar-AAMQIbZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

archie bunker Loc: Texas

"Reportedly" where's the facts?

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Well, Arch, take what you will from this and other stories concerning Giuliani's situation regarding support from Trump. But, for the facts of his cases and all related matters, we'll have to wait for the trial(s).

"Trump's refusal to extend Giuliani aid appears to be part of a broader effort by the former president to distance himself from the ex-attorney."

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Yep, and when it comes down to calf fry time, he can represent himself in court. Or, has that changed too?

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Well at least in New York, the state of his law license & trail, Giuliani has been indefinitely suspended. At least, that's my understanding. I have no knowledge of when or if he will be reinstated. The following may be of some help...

https://www.bing.com/search?q=giulianibeingthrownunderthebusbytrump&cvid=eef127f14e2a40238ebef662798aa958&aqs=edge.0.69i59j69i57j0l5.6418j0j4&FORM=ANAB01&PC=HCTS

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

If you can't do something FOR trump - you don't exist.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Lets hear from Rudy about this. Reportedly seems a bit tabloid.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

More links on Rudy's legal/financial woes....

https://www.bing.com/search?q=giuliailegalwoes&cvid=1ef61fe897d94a689a1fe00ff81d7f63&aqs=edge..69i57.21763j0j4&FORM=ANAB01&PC=HCTS

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

I wasn’t familiar with Salon, so I googled it! This is what I found! Notice how it is described…..

“According to the senior contributing writer for the American Journalism Review, Paul Farhi, Salon offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex.……………it’s a smart tabloid!” 😂

I think I’ll wait for the “predictably conservative” commentary and then try to figure out the actual facts versus “tabloid provocative” commentary from either side! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Salon covers a variety of topics, including reviews and articles about books, films, and music;[6] articles about "modern life", including friendships, human sexual behavior, and relationships; and reviews and articles about technology, with a particular focus on the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement.

According to the senior contributing writer for the American Journalism Review, Paul Farhi, Salon offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex."[7]
In 2008, Salon launched the interactive initiative Open Salon, a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on Salon, it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015.[8]

Responding to the question, "How far do you go with the tabloid sensibility to get readers?," former Salon.com editor-in-chief David Talbot said:

Is Salon more tabloid-like? Yeah, we've made no secret of that. I've said all along that our formula here is that we're a smart tabloid. If by tabloid what you mean is you're trying to reach a popular audience, trying to write topics that are viscerally important to a readership, whether it's the story about the mother in Houston who drowned her five children or the story on the missing intern in Washington, Chandra Levy.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon.com

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

The criminal probe into hsi Ukraine dealings won't happen. He wasn't representing the US, he was acting as Trump's personal attorny.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

Wrong again 'Whiteman"...{ Where do you get your mis-information?} From Darth Vader? Wiley Coyote?, The National Enquirer?, "Alfred E. Newman?..{ or...the Demoncat "crank out a lie", machine?}

It would be humorous, if it didn't insult the intelligence of the blue collar worker, & Black America!

TSK, TSK, TSK....You a bad boy Skippy!

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Slat mostly posts others opinions and not his own. He just agrees with them mostly and hopes they are right.