Rudy Giuliani can’t hire a lawyer, and it’s the judge’s fault, he says
NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani is blaming a federal judge in Washington, D.C. for his trouble finding an attorney willing to represent him as he tries to fend off the $148 million jury verdict awarded to two Fulton County election workers that he falsely accused of ballot fraud.
In a filing last week, the former New York City mayor told U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell that four lawyers refused to accept him as a client because they think the judge is “unreasonable and biased about Trump related matters.”
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One attorney, Giuliani wrote, called his case “a foregone conclusion” and a “no-win proposition.”
“Among other numerous reasons your handling of the (January 6) cases is considered by many to be the most unnecessarily harsh,” Giuliani told Howell.
He told the judge those attorneys consider her to be “ideological rather than logical.”
In declining to represent him, Giuliani said the attorneys cited objections from their firms about the effect the case may have on their practice. This comes after two of Giuliani’s lawyers asked to be removed from the case last month, citing disagreements with their client.
Giuliani, the former personal attorney of President-elect Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York and Washington D.C. this year for pursuing phony claims made by Trump about his 2020 election defeat. Giuliani is currently representing himself as he searches for new counsel.
Judge Howell granted his request for a one-month extension to respond to a contempt motion filed by the poll workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. The women, whom Giuliani already owes tens of millions of dollars, say he continues to accuse them of wrongdoing during Georgia’s 2020 election.
Guiliani has accused the pair of sneaking in ballots in suitcases and counting ballots multiple times, even after the defamation verdict.
A contempt ruling in the case could result in additional monetary sanctions and possibly even jail time for the 80-year-old once hailed as “America’s mayor.”
