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Giuliani to lose 2nd attorney in Georgia, leaving him without local legal team (abcnews.go.com)
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A second lawyer for Rudy Giuliani is seeking to depart his legal team in Georgia, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News, a move that would appear to leave the former New York City mayor without any local lawyers in the state.

A motion to withdraw has been submitted to the clerk, the sources said. A judge in the case has to sign off on the motion.

News of the move comes after several other former attorneys of the Trump ally have sued Giuliani for failure to pay his bills, including his longtime friend and attorney Bob Costello, who sued Giuliani for over $1 million in payments due to his firm.

Earlier, an additional lawyer for Giuliani in Georgia, David Wolfe, submitted his own motion to withdraw from his representation of Giuliani.

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[–] 97 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, fortunately for Giuliani, this is a criminal proceeding so he qualifies for a public defender if he cant afford a lawyer.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know if he's quite that poor yet. Georgia only provides public defenders to defendants with a household income below two times the federal poverty line (or thereabouts, I forget the precise multiplier). That's why one of the other Georgia defendants didn't have a defense lawyer while he was being held pending bail.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    could you imagine being the poor shit public defender who picked that short straw? defending murderers, rapists, thieves and cheats is one thing... defending that? He's like a pustule of hypocrisy on legs.

    They don't get paid enough for that.

    And whatever happens, the trumpies will blame said public defender and threaten their life.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    blame said public defender and threaten their life.

    I feel like Public Defender is where newly-minted lawyers get started. New lawyers that may not have much money, and don't live in a nice safe neighbirhood, making such threats very real.

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    • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Kind of surprising Rudy is still alive if he drinks as heavily as they say. His liver must be pickled and he's pushing 80.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah I think he's only got about four seasons left in him

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    • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Sucks to be a 2bit criminal lackey.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Oh no!

    Anyways.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    I read today that his drinking is such a well known problem that Trump might not be able to say he was acting on legal advice from his lawyer since it was obvious his lawyer was fucked up

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