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Trumpworld has a 'vested interest' in Rudy Guiliani settling out of court with new accuser: legal expert

According to a former prosecutor, allegations that former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was selling presidential pardons for millions likely has some members of Trumpworld worried about what he might say under oath if the civil suit filed by a former associate goes to trial.

Earlier in the week, the former New York City mayor was slammed with a $10 million lawsuit, with former aide Noelle Dunphy alleging wage theft, sexual harassment, money laundering and the selling of pardons.

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Kyrsten Sinema hammered in FEC complaint over campaign spending on her 'lifestyle of luxury'

The FEC is in receipt of a formal complaint levied against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) accusing of her using campaign donations to finance a lavish lifestyle that has nothing to do with the job voters sent her to Congress to do.

According to a report from AZCentral, the controversial lawmaker who recently abandoned the Democratic Party to become an independent, is being accused of spending campaign donations on "lavish” trips to London and Paris, with the group who filed the complaint calling for an investigation.

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Legal expert pinpoints possible perjury by Trump Org exec that could land him back in Rikers

Reacting to a report from the New York Times that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is threatening Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg with perjury charges unless he rolls over on Donald Trump, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin said a cursory review of testimony the exec previously gave reveals where he may have created more problems for himself.

Weisselberg was recently released from Rikers after pleading guilty to 15 counts of grand larceny, tax fraud and falsifying business records and now the 75-year-old could be facing new charges that could send him back.

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'A murky mess': Combative Rudy Giuliani blistered by judge for balking at turning over documents

On Friday, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani received a dressing down from a U.S. District Court judge for slowing down the discovery process in a civil trial, with Giuliani complaining about having to turn over information about his finances and worth.

According to a report from Politico's Josh Gerstein, Judge Beryl Howell grew testy with the former mayor and Donald Trump lawyer during the "unusual" three-hour hearing and expressed exasperation with his delay tactics.

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Georgia GOP chairman 'should be worried' about charges in election probe: legal analyst

Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer is one of the highest risk individuals for being indicted in Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis' investigation into election interference in that state, said legal analyst Lisa Rubin on MSNBC on Friday.

This comes as Shafer tries to justify his actions in standing as one of the fake Trump electors in a scheme to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the voters' choice in the state — a move he asserts he was advised to do by former President Donald Trump's legal team.

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Rudy Giuliani's lawyer in civil case quits: 'He's not paying me'

Former Montgomery County district attorney Bruce Castor, who recently represented Rudy Giuliani in a civil suit, filed a motion in court this Tuesday to be removed as Giuliani's lawyer in the case, The Inquirer reported.

“He’s not cooperating, and he’s not paying me," Castor explained.

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Fani Willis could pull together racketeering case based on fake Trump electors: reporter

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could bring racketeering charges over the scheme to seat fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Georgia, NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard explained on MSNBC Friday.

Hillyard explained how this could work, during a discussion of how Willis recently announced an August timetable for indictments and made changes to prosecutors' work schedules.

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'I've been a victim of it!' Giuliani claims FBI is going to be weaponized by Dems in 2024 election

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he was a "victim" of a politically weaponized FBI, and warned that Democrats would be engaging in similar prosecutions of their political enemies in the run-up to the 2024 election.

Giuliani, who was recently accused of requiring a staffer to perform sex acts as part of her job duties, was on Eric Bolling's show on Newsmax on Thursday. He began with a swipe at the Bidens, and then launched into a monologue about the purported politization of the FBI.

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DOJ should investigate if Trump was involved in voting machine breaches: analysis

Former President Donald Trump is facing an avalanche of legal problems, including criminal charges in Manhattan and state and federal investigations over the schemes to disrupt the 2020 presidential election.

But there's another issue the Justice Department should be investigating, argued Ben Clements and Susan Greenhalgh for Slate on Wednesday: whether the former president was involved in the plots to tamper with voting machines around the country.

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Rudy Giuliani hit with another lawsuit

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was sued this week by a former employee alleging, among other things, sexual harassment and assault. Giuliani denies the allegations. Now he's being sued again by a Staten Island ShopRite employee.

According to the New York Daily News, Giuliani is being sued by the employee who put his hand on Giuliani's back and called him a "Scumbag." The incident landed the store employee in prison, he lost his job and conservatives came after him. The charges were ultimately dismissed, but Gill and his lawyer argue that Giuliani continued lying about the incident causing more harm to Gill.

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Steve Bannon helps Giuliani dodge sex abuse claims: 'I'm not going to let you respond'

Conservative podcast host Steve Bannon helped Rudy Giuliani dodge accountability for a sexual abuse lawsuit. He also insisted allegations of selling pardons were a "bald-faced lie."

Bannon began Wednesday's The War Room interview with Giuliani by stating that the former New York City mayor did not need to respond to allegations that he forced an employee to have sex.

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‘I’d be jumping on this’: Former U.S. attorney calls for DOJ probe into claim Giuliani offered to sell $2 million pardons

Law professor and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation into allegations former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani offered to sell pardons from then-President Donald Trump.

A wide-ranging lawsuit was filed in New York State Court Monday by Noelle Dunphy, a woman who "said that after Giuliani hired her in January 2019 he sexually assaulted and harassed her, refused to pay her wages and often made 'sexist, racist, and antisemitic remarks,' adding that she had recordings of numerous interactions with him," NBC News reported.

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Giuliani accuser could be 'credible witness' in larger probe of Trump World: Dem strategist

The woman who sued former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for allegedly requiring her to perform sex acts as part of her job duties may also be a witness in broader investigations, including the one being conducted by Jack Smith, according to a Democratic strategist.

Noelle Dunphy said Giuliani offered her employment for a salary of $1 million a year in 2019, when Giuliani was serving as an attorney for then-President Donald Trump, but that the offer was a "sham motivated by his secret desire to pursue a sexual relationship" with her. It was further reported that the lawsuit could also reveal money laundering, Ukraine meddling, and Trump's election fraud.

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