Giuliani suggests he may sue Trump for 'unpaid legal fees' in bankruptcy filing

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — who was the personal attorney of former President Donald Trump until 2021 — recently hinted that a lawsuit against his former client may be forthcoming.

In a filing submitted Friday to a New York bankruptcy court, Giuliani listed his assets, which total roughly $10.6 million, according to Talking Points Memo. Giuliani's most valuable possessions include a Manhattan condominium, a single-family home in Palm Beach, Florida, a 1980 Mercedes Benz, multiple checking accounts and retirement accounts, three New York Yankees World Series championship rings and dozens of designer watches.

Revealingly, on page six of the filing — which asks the filer to include any potential windfalls from legal proceedings — Giuliani included a "possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J. Trump," with an assigned value of "undetermined." He also hinted at suing President Joe Biden for defamation.

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Giuliani is in bankruptcy court as part of a legal strategy to avoid a $148 million defamation settlement a court ordered him to pay to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he baselessly accused of manipulating ballots in the 2020 presidential election. That $148 million is included in his bankruptcy filing's estimate of $152 million in total liabilities.

A claim wouldn't be out of the question, considering that Giuliani has been allegedly "begging" the former president to help him with legal costs for several years. The former TIME Person of the Year has also been working as a podcast host according to his bankruptcy filing, since he was suspended from practicing law in New York in 2021 as part of his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. He's now currently fighting disbarment in Washington, DC.

Other liabilities include the $1.4 million Giuliani's former attorneys are seeking for unpaid legal fees. The former mayor will likely also owe a considerable sum to the attorney defending him in Fulton County District Court, where he is facing a felony charge in district attorney Fani Willis' RICO investigation accusing more than a dozen defendants — including Giuliani and the former president — of election interference. If convicted, Giuliani could face up to 20 years in prison.

Despite being ordered to pay $148 million, Giuliani continued to accuse Freeman and Moss of dirty tricks in the 2020 election on the courthouse steps after the judgment was announced. The two women have since sued Giuliani yet again.

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