1 of 1 Rudolph Giuliani, Trump's former lawyer, pictured on September 16, 2016 Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP Rudolph Giuliani, Trump's former lawyer, pictured on September 16, 2016 Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP
Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer, filed for bankruptcy this Thursday (21), a day after he was ordered to pay compensation totaling more than $148 million (R$730 million). to be paid to two former employees.
The damages of $73 million and $75 million, respectively, were set on December 15 by a Washington federal court jury decision that found guilty the lawyer, former employees Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss falsely accused of helping to manipulate the 2020 election against Donald Trump in the state of Georgia.
The former mayor of New York is named in the bankruptcy declaration Nearly $153 million in existing or potential debtincluding about $1 million in taxes, debts to lawyers and millions of dollars in lawsuits against him.
He estimated the value of his assets at between $1 and $10 million.
The largest portion of the former mayor's debt would be the restitution penalty for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
“The bankruptcy filing shouldn’t surprise anyone. “No one could have believed that Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be able to pay such a large fine,” said Ted Goodman, Giuliani’s political adviser.