It looks like times remain tough for former New York City mayor turned ardent Trump ally Rudy Giuliani, who is embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings in the face of financial burdens including $146 million in financial penalties from defamation proceedings brought by two former election workers.
The Georgia women, a mother and daughter named Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, were named in debunked conspiracy theories alleging widespread election fraud.
Now, a bankruptcy judge has gotten behind a framework for putting Giuliani’s New York City residence up for sale. The arrangement sees Giuliani partnering with Sotheby’s International Realty, as reported by Law&Crime. Sotheby’s is required to provide regular updates “regarding all activity related to the Residence, including, without limitation, showings, open houses, outreach, in-bound inquiries and any other information related to the sale of the Residence,” the judge said, as that outlet highlighted.
And creditors’ lawyers must receive copies of any offer “before any decision is made to accept, reject or counter the offer,” added the bankruptcy judge.
Besides all of these developments, Giuliani is also the defendant in two criminal cases, including proceedings in both Georgia and Arizona related to alleged schemes targeting the 2020 presidential election outcome, meaning Joe Biden’s victory. The Georgia proceedings, brought by local prosecutor Fani Willis, have faced delays amid challenges to Willis’ continued participation in the case, but the Arizona case — hinging on the assembling in the state in 2020 of a slate of sham electoral votes backing Trump — is hot off the rhetorical presses.
Giuliani was the final defendant to be served amid the Arizona case with formal notice of his indictment. The Arizona state prosecutor’s office behind the case finally connected with Giuliani at a birthday celebration for the former mayor in Florida.
A D.C. board overseeing lawyers also recently recommended that Giuliani be disbarred, though actually doing so would be up to the jurisdiction’s courts.
