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“No one seems interested” in helping Rudy Giuliani meet his accounting obligations in his ongoing bankruptcy case, lawyers for the former New York mayor, presidential candidate and Trump lawyer said in court declaration in Tuesday.
“Unfortunately, the debtor initially had an accountant assisting,” the filing said. “However, he changed his mind and indicated that he no longer wished to assist in the preparation of the monthly operational reports.
“The debtor reported that he had contacted a number of accounting firms and CPAs seeking their assistance, but none appeared interested in taking over the transfer.”
Giuliani was once a giant of American politics, the mayor of New York on 9/11 and a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. After that effort failed he went into the lucrative consulting business but has become something of a political pariah in recent years, largely because of his work for and on behalf of Donald Trump and incidents with controversial behavior.
A staunch supporter throughout Trump’s successful 2016 presidential campaign, Giuliani fell short of his preferred prize of appointment as the U.S. state Secretary.
The international work he did do on Trump’s behalf, seeking dirt on political rivals in Ukraine, fueled Trump’s first impeachment.
In 2020, Giuliani’s work challenging election results in key states resulted in multiple courtroom defeats. assembly national fun, impeachment proceedings and, in Georgia, criminal charges in a case in which Trump is also accused. Giuliani pray not guilty.
Giuliani submitted filed for bankruptcy in New York last December after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit filed by two Georgia poll workers who he alleged engaged in election sabotage during the defeat of Trump in the state in 2020
Documents show debts a total of $500 millionafter plummeting even by the standards of other Trump allies who have fallen out of favor as the former president (and 88-time criminal indictee) maintains his grip on Republican politics.
In January, Giuliani said in court documents that he would live on a strict budget. This month’s New York Times reported he failed to do so “by a lot”, leaving creditors “suspicious and angry”.
Giuliani’s statement on Tuesday sought to explain why he did not file a scheduled April report on his finances.
He is “currently receiving Social Security and has a radio show and podcast,” the statement said, adding, “These are his only sources of income.”
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Giuliani claims Trump owes him $2 million in legal fees. However, he continues to work on Trump’s behalf.
Giuliani should publish a book, The Biden crime family: The plan to prosecute them, via an imprint linked to Steve Bannon, another close Trump ally. The publication of the book has been repeatedly postponed. Now is due in September.
According to Tuesday’s filing, “all additional funds used to supplement” Giuliani’s income came from savings exempt from the bankruptcy case.
Reports will be filed in due course in future, the filing said.
A spokesman for Giuliani did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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