Former American president Donald Trump, who is currently leading all polls for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, faces major legal threats in four jurisdictions.
However, Trump is able to offset his massive legal bills through his adroit fundraising efforts. Other co-defendants, such as former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has worked a personal lawyer for Trump, aren’t as lucky.
Giuliani got indicted right next to Trump in an alleged racketeering scheme that attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, a state that was surprisingly won handily by current president Joe Biden.
Giuliani, according to The New York Times, is running out of money. He recently trekked to Trump resort Mar-A-Lago in Florida for a face-to-face plea with the former president to foot some of his legal expenses.
Bernard B. Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner who worked under Giuliani as mayor and still supports Trump, faulted the people around the former president.
Though Trump committed to helping Giuliani, that pledge came without any specific number or timeline. Trump then promptly hit the links, where he bragged about his 9-iron play on Truth Social.
The world was quick to react to the news:
Basically, @RudyGiuliani is Morrie Kessler in Goodfellas.#RudyGiuliani https://t.co/sH40icXZ7C pic.twitter.com/RffpFX6S7N
— Mathew Helman (@MatHelman) August 19, 2023
Giuliani whines to @maggieNYT about getting stiffed by Trump. That’s the story. https://t.co/6Ahyn9KIzR
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) August 19, 2023
If this is true, it looks like another expense for Trump’s small-dollar donors. https://t.co/vk6wYUn3iY
— Jeff Gremillion (@JeffGremillion) August 19, 2023
45 dont have any money! Rudy is going to either singing to the DA or going to prison for the rest of his life. https://t.co/VjlygLinwN
— BG, Yeah Thats Me! (@GhostFaceSigma) August 19, 2023
You broke AND hit with the RICO? The definition of down bad https://t.co/qWfPNZjN2L
— Jack. (@PrayForJack) August 19, 2023