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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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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

Stolen from random account on Twitter

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Goddamm that is good joke. Stealing that.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

You know I was just thinking, that's sort of exactly what happened.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there anywhere good I can read about this?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

here's a Newsweek article on it that I skimmed the first few paragraphs of. Google likely has more info that I'm too lazy to dig out at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Just keep giving them the benefit of the doubt!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I was going to say 'Would a Russian handler let Rudy do a presser at 'Four Seasons Lawn Care,' next to the porn palace?'

Then I remembered this Bugs Bunny cartoon.

https://youtu.be/LSNTjX_g9a4

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Trump has been shooting himself in the foot forever. Here's my favorite Trump story.

The tl, dr is that he built Trump Tower to become beloved of the Manhattan elites. He acted like a big baby and made them hate him.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/03/how-donald-trump-took-down-bonwit-teller-a-fifth-avenue-landmark/?sh=5b76bbe75f69

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He did literally beg him, in person, with his attorney present:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/giuliani-trump-legal-bills/index.html

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

From the best Floyd album, imo.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Oh nooooooo.

Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I loved his work on Borat 2

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure he can still get a discount at the Four Seasons....

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Couldn't have happened to a more melt into a black puddle kinda guy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope not. Giuliani deserves to rot in prison

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Bootlicking fool.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Money is the least of his worries. He's going to prison.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Brought down by his own hubris and greed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Good. He fucked around, and now he’s finding out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Let me get my violin out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Couldn't be happening to a better person-like ghoul.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

GOOD. Ruin him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He should get LegalEagle to pay for another congrats video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeARRJyKkwY&ab_channel=LegalEagle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe he can make some money doing stand up with his hilarious asian person impression

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thoughts and prayers

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