'No one seems interested': Accountants shun bankrupt 'political pariah' Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani's legal problems went from bad to worse when, in April, he became one of the defendants in Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes' criminal election interference/fake electors case.

The ex-New York City mayor was already one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in a separate election interference indictment — the one being prosecuted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia — in addition to facing a variety of costly civil lawsuits. Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in December 2023.

According to The Guardian's Martin Pengelly, Giuliani's financial problems are so bad that he is having a hard time finding accountants who are willing to represent him.

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A court filing on Tuesday, May 7 read, "Unfortunately, the debtor originally had an accountant who was helping. However, he had a change of heart and indicated that he no longer wished to help prepare the monthly operating reports. The debtor advised that he has reached out to a number of accounting firms and CPAs seeking their help, however, no one seems interested in taking the assignment."

Giuliani's efforts to help Trump overturn the United States' 2020 presidential election results have brought him both financial and legal problems.

In Georgia, Giuliani falsely claimed that election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss helped now-President Joe Biden steal the election from Trump. Freeman and Moss, inundated with death threats from Trump supporters, filed a civil defamation lawsuit against Giuliani — and a jury ordered the former NYC mayor to pay $148 million.

Giuliani was once a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. Now, he is a criminal defendant in two separate criminal cases.

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Pengelly notes that Giuliani's court filings have "showed debts totaling $500m, after a downfall precipitous even by the standards of other Trump allies who have fallen from grace."

"Giuliani was once a giant of U.S. politics, mayor of New York on 9/11 and a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008," the Guardian reporter explains. "After that effort failed, he went into the lucrative consulting business. But in recent years, he has become something of a political pariah, in large part due to his work for and on behalf of Donald Trump and incidents of controversial behavior."

Despite all his financial and legal woes, Giuliani has been working on a book: "The Biden Crime Family: The Blueprint for Their Prosecution," which is being published by Simon & Schuster and includes a forward by far-right MAGA conspiracy theorist and "War Room" host Steve Bannon. The book, according to Pengelly, has "been repeatedly delayed" but is "now due in September."

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Read The Guardian's full report at this link.