Trump hosts $100,000-per-person Bedminster fundraiser to assist Giuliani pay authorized payments

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump hosted a $100,000-a-plate fundraiser for disgraced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf membership Thursday night time as Giuliani struggles to pay his mounting authorized payments.

Giuliani, a longtime Trump ally who additionally served as his lawyer, is dealing with a barrage of authorized charges, fines, sanctions and damages associated to his work serving to Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 election and different circumstances. He was indicted final month together with Trump and 17 others in Georgia for what Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has described as a wide-ranging conspiracy to subvert the desire of the voters after Trump misplaced to Biden in 2020.

Giuliani’s son, Andrew, mentioned in a radio interview Thursday morning that the occasion was anticipated to boost greater than $1 million for his father and that Trump had dedicated to internet hosting a second occasion at his Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida later within the fall or early winter.

“So that will be very helpful,” he mentioned on WABC radio. Still, he mentioned, “It won’t be enough to get through this.”

He has created a committee, the Giuliani Defense PAC, to boost funds for his father. Allies have additionally been soliciting checks for what they’ve referred to as The Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund.

Brian Tevis, who’s representing Giuliani in Georgia, mentioned on CNN Thursday night time that he assumed the previous mayor was attempting to boost “as much as possible,” including, “And I think that they’re going to need it.”

Giuliani was held liable final month by a federal decide in a defamation lawsuit introduced by two Georgia election employees who say they had been falsely accused of fraud. A trial might lead to Giuliani being ordered to pay vital damages to the ladies, along with the tens of hundreds of {dollars} in authorized charges he’s already being directed to pay.

To generate money, he’s hawked autographed 9/11 shirts and pitched sandals offered by election denier Mike Lindell. He’s additionally joined Cameo, a service the place celebrities document brief movies for revenue.

In July, he put his Manhattan residence up on the market for $6.5 million.

Last 12 months, a decide threatened Giuliani with jail in a dispute over cash owed to his third ex-wife. Giuliani mentioned he was making progress paying the debt, which she mentioned totaled greater than $260,000.

In May, a lady who says she labored for Giuliani sued him, alleging that he owed her practically $2 million in unpaid wages and that he had coerced her into intercourse. Giuliani denied the allegations.