'Conspiracy-crazed' Rudy Giuliani is facing everything from 'financial ruin' to prison: report

Before his two terms as mayor of New York City, Republican Rudy Giuliani was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. But in 2023, Giuliani is facing a variety of legal problems — from civil lawsuits to a criminal indictment in the State of Georgia.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges, in her sweeping prosecution, that co-defendant Giuliani violated Georgia's racketeering laws when he tried to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state.

In an article published on December 14, the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery lays out some reasons why Giuliani is in danger of financial ruin as well as going to state prison.

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"Giuliani is poised to get hit with a multimillion-dollar ruling against him in (Washington) D.C. over his baseless accusations of election fraud against two poll workers," Pagliery explains. "After that civil trial concludes, he'll turn around and begin preparing for a criminal trial in Atlanta, where he's facing many of the same racketeering charges he once wielded as a federal prosecutor against mobsters in New York…. For Giuliani, 2023 will likely end in penniless defeat."

Pagliery adds, "But 2024 could be even worse — it could actually end with him in prison."

The Daily Beast reporter notes that in Washington, D.C., a jury has been hearing testimony showing "how the conspiracy-crazed attorney ruined the lives of two Georgia poll workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a mother and daughter whom Giuliani falsely accused of secretly plotting to sabotage Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign."

In 2020, Giuliani ruthlessly hounded Freeman and Moss, falsely accusing them of helping now-President Joe Biden steal the presidential election from Trump in Georgia. Freeman and Moss both received death threats following Giuliani's attack on them and have sued Giuliani for damages.

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"However, the real danger comes in the latter part of next year, when Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to put Giuliani on trial along with former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia," Pagliery observes. "Giuliani faces years behind bars if convicted of essentially taking part in a shakedown of the state's election system. And yet, the clear way out already taken by others in the case — flipping and becoming a state witness to help prosecutors nail Trump — pits Giuliani against himself. That's because he's openly shown himself to be financially dependent on Trump's massive fundraising."

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