Dear attorneys for Cheeto and his followers: Get your money up front

In other words, wait for any retainer checks to clear.

From Mother Jones -

Trumpworld Lawyers Keep Getting Stiffed on Fees

Robert Costello represented Giuliani and Bannon. Neither paid him.

Working as Donald Trump’s lawyer, or just being his lawyer’s lawyer, is a tough gig. The former president’s tight-fisted ways, not to mention his legal problems, are trickling down through Trumpworld’s legal ecosystem.

On Tuesday, Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, sued the former New York mayor for more than $1.3 million in allegedly unpaid legal fees dating back to 2019. That lawsuit, Costello says, is a consequence of Trump’s own refusal to pay Giuliani for years of work as Trump’s personal attorney.

Lawyers for Trump have landed in legal jeopardy due to his lies. They’ve been forced to testify against him, sanctioned, fined, stripped of law licenses, sued, and indicted. But none are in as much trouble as Rudy.

Rudy, at his finest

Pic courtesy a Twitter user...and the Fulton County Sheriff's Office -

Wonder if Rudy farted during his photo session.

Hope that when Cheeto surrenders, his mugshot is also released.  He'll probably turn it into a grifting opportunity, offering autographed versions in exchange for a significant contributions to his campaign.

Kari Lake, Mark Finchem, and their lawyers aren't doing too well today

From KTAR -

Alan Dershowitz, other lawyers for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem ordered to pay sanctions

Lawyers for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem who filed a lawsuit attempting to ban the use of voting machines prior to the November 2022 election and were found to have “acted at least recklessly,” were ordered to pay $122,000, according to a ruling Friday by Arizona U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi.

The ruling establishes the monetary award amount to sanctions ordered in December by Tuchi and covers legal costs accrued by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The ruling also specifically addressed legal arguments put forth by noted attorney Alan Dershowitz, who claimed he was not subject to the sanctions.

I've written about Dershowitz' claims before; I thought they were BS in late May; apparently, a judge agreed with me.

Lake may have known this was coming because she's made noises about keeping the fundraising grift going.

From KGUN9, written by Craig Smith -

Kari Lake in Tucson: "I'm actually eyeing the Senate race. It's something I'm considering."

Former Governor candidate Kari Lake came to Tucson Wednesday to promote her new book. She ran for Arizona Governor in 2022, but Katie Hobbs was declared the winner.

Lake presented several legal challenges to the election outcome in court, though the lawsuits have continued to uphold the certified election results.

[snip]

We asked Lake if she plans to run for U.S. Senate. She says she’s still occupied with her legal challenge to the result of the Governor’s election but is thinking of a run for Senate.

“So we'll be making a decision on that in the next couple of months and we'll see," Lake says. "I'm actually eyeing the Senate race. It's something I'm considering.”

It hasn't been a good month for election denying lawyers.

From AP, dated 7/5 - 

Attorney who challenged Trump’s 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him

Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment. Multiple states have weighed disciplining him for pushing Trump’s false claims that he defeated Joe Biden.

On Tuesday, Wood asked officials in his home state of Georgia to “retire” his law license in light of “disciplinary proceedings pending against me.” In the request, made in a letter and posted on his Telegram account, Wood acknowledges that he is “prohibited from practicing law in this State and in any other state or jurisdiction and that I may not reapply for admission.”

It's not just Wood.

From CNN, dated 7/7 -

Attorney disciplinary committee recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for 2020 election legal work

An attorney disciplinary committee has recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in Washington, DC, for his efforts on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results.

The committee, which weighs cases of legal ethics and attorney misconduct in the District of Columbia, issued the report and recommendation on Giuliani on Friday following a lawyer misconduct hearing for Giuliani in December that functioned like a trial.

If Lake's lawyers are looking to supplement their incomes in order to pay for the sanctions, I may recommend looking for a job on Craigslist.

They might want to be on the lookout for scammers, though, and not just the ones they see in the mirror.

How long before Rudy G. leaves the U.S.?

Pointed at this by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire.

Normally, I am loathe to post anything from a Murdoch-owned source, but this is too juicy to pass up.

From the NY Post -

Pay up or get locked up: Judge presses Rudy Giuliani to pay $235K to ex

Rudy Giuliani blew off a Manhattan court hearing Friday where a judge said the former New York City mayor would be tossed behind bars if he doesn’t fork over $225,000 plus lawyer fees to his ex-wife by early next month.

The ultimatum came at a hearing in the divorce case between Giuliani, 78, and former wife Judith Giuliani — who claimed in a lawsuit he’s fallen behind on payments totaling $262,000 owed under terms of their 2019 divorce settlement.

This list from Town and Country Magazine is of countries with no extradition treaty with the U.S..

The Vatican is on that list, but given the reason behind the court's directive, and the Vatican's history of frowning on divorce, that one is probably not a destination he plans to go to.

Plus, it's not The Maldives.

Of course, The Maldives follow Sharia Law, but Rudy seems to have reached the "beggars can't be choosers" part of his Cheeto-enabling legal career.

Maybe when Rudy Giuliani testifies in Georgia, the judge should move the proceedings outside*

* = unless Rudy G's "medical procedure" was a fartectomy..

From UPI (emphasis added by me) -

Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to travel by 'train, bus or Uber' to testify in Georgia election case

A Fulton County judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal attorney, to travel to Atlanta next week to deliver in-person testimony about possible criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 election after Giuliani delayed testimony to recover from a medical procedure.

Judge Robert C.l. McBurney of Fulton County Superior Court extended Giuliani's testimony one more week on Tuesday, the same day Giuliani was initially scheduled to testify before the 23-person panel, and ordered Giuliani to appear on Aug. 17.

Why should the Georgia proceeding be held outside?

Because Rudy has a documented history of passing gas while talking about the 2020 election.

Paul Gosar hangs out with the farter-in-chief and traitors in training

 From The New Yorker -

Party Like It’s January 6

 

A night out with Rudy Giuliani, Paul Gosar, and New York’s Young Republicans.

A woman in mink and diamonds steps out of a car on Park Avenue. She struts, coiffure held high, past protesters clutching signs about Rudolph Giuliani and Joseph Goebbels. She demands of the doorman, “Can’t we have these feminazis arrested or something?” It’s Saturday night on the Upper East Side.

She’s just arrived at the New York Young Republican Club’s 109th annual gala. Inside the ballroom, by the bar and beneath the chandeliers, one youngish Republican tells another: “I just bought my third AR-15!” A couple Newsmax sleveens slip past. Everyone recites the Pledge of Allegiance. Dating back to the days of William Howard Taft, it’s a night to get together and hash out the direction of the party, to identify and imbibe with its comers. This year, it’s an unalloyed freak show, and what’s past is prologue: They all want Donald Trump in 2024.

Rudy will NEVER live this down.

Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in Washington, DC

Couldn't, and probably wouldn't, happen to a nicer guy. 

Gotta love it when Chemtrail Kelli is in a pic with TFG and the Farter-in-Chief.

From CNN - 

Rudy Giuliani's law license has been suspended in Washington, DC, after he temporarily lost his license in New York for pushing election lies and that state court system looks further into his case.

The appeals court in DC said Giuliani would be suspended from working as an attorney in the city "pending outcome" of his situation in New York, according to disciplinary court records.