Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani can't catch a break after reportedly being iced out of a plea deal.
"If the Fulton County reports are accurate, it's particularly devastating for Giuliani. He's broke and now will have no leverage to plead out except for a tiny break for acceptance of responsibility," tweeted former U.S. attorney and former deputy assistant Attorney General Harry Litman. "So he'll need to spend $ he doesn't have for a conviction he likely can't escape."
Law professor Anthony Kreis chimed in: "This, plus you add the defamation trial that gets under way on December 11th and the looming threat of a federal prosecution, things look pretty grim," according to his tweet. "Nor does it help that evidence of his involvement in the Coffee County affair appears to deepen with time. He’s in a bad spot."
The troubles facing Giuliani were compounded after The Guardian reported that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis won't be offering him, nor former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, nor Former President Donald Trump, a plea deal; prosecutors are instead determined to drag all three into court to face charges in the sprawling racketeering case.
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They are among the 19 co-defendants who were indicted for allegedly subverting the will of the voters by purportedly conspiring to overturn Georgia's results in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump's former attorneys Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and Kenneth Chesebro all were offered and took guilty pleas in return of their testimony under oath for the prosecution.
Bail bondsman Scott Hall also pleaded guilty to five misdemeanors for participating in a voting system breach in Coffee County.
Giuliani, 79, is accused of being the tip of the spear for Trump’s attempts to coax lawmakers in Georgia and other states to shun voters and appoint electoral college electors to steer toward Trump.
The former New York mayor's formal charges are making false statements and soliciting false testimony, conspiring to create phony paperwork, and asking state lawmakers to violate their oath of office.
Shortly after he was formally charged, a defiant Giuliani stood outside the courthouse to sound off.
“I am very, very honored to be involved in this case because this case is a fight for our way of life,” he said. “This indictment is a travesty. It’s an attack on -- not just me, not just President Trump, not just the people in this indictment, some of whom I don’t even know – this is an attack on the American people.”
