Rudy Giuliani’s top lawyer is filed a motion The former New York City mayor’s attorney will resign on Wednesday. Lead attorney Kenneth Caruso and attorney David Rabkowski said they had “fundamental disagreements” with Giuliani and that Giuliani “failed to cooperate with the defense, and that his attorneys did not conduct the defense.” They cited a variety of reasons for declining the position, including “It made things unreasonably difficult for me.” Effectively. ”
”[H]Mr. Caruso has not informed us of this action,” a spokesperson for Mr. Giuliani said. Independent. “I’m sure Mr. Caruso will talk to the mayor about such a decision, or at least let him know,” he added.
The move comes less than a day after attorneys for former Georgia election officials Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss. sent a letter to the judgehas questioned whether Giuliani may have been hiding property that was supposed to be turned over as part of a defamation judgment against him. of election violation liar He rents virtually all of his property to campaign officials as part of his campaign. $148 million judgment against him for targeting them with false claims before and after the 2020 election.
In October, The judge ordered Giuliani He ended up turning over most of his possessions to Freeman and Moss, including luxury goods such as a vintage Mercedes-Benz and dozens of expensive watches.
Giuliani returns to federal court last Thursday They claim they no longer own many of the items they were supposed to hand over, including sports memorabilia. Giuliani claimed to have access to these properties.
U.S. District Judge Louis Lehman called Giuliani’s argument that “farcical” warned his then-attorney, Caruso, that if he and Giuliani continued their rampage, he would be nearing a contempt hearing.
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