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'Fake news alert': Rudy Giuliani denies reports indictment 'interrupted' his party

Rudy Giuliani on Saturday lashed out against news outlets that reported an indictment ruined his 80th birthday party.

Giuliani, previously known as New York City's mayor but now more famous for his association to Donald Trump and his subsequent indictment, was indicted in a "fake elector" case out of Arizona. It was reported that "partygoers started screaming" after the ex-prosecutor was officially served with a felony indictment on Friday night for allegedly interfering in Arizona's 2020 presidential election.

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'Partygoers started screaming': Giuliani served with indictment during his birthday party


Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was officially served with a felony indictment on Friday night for allegedly interfering in Arizona's 2020 presidential election. Officials with the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes served Giuliani in front of nearly 100 guests at his 80th birthday celebration in the Palm Beach, Florida area.

The New York Post reported early Saturday morning that the former personal attorney to Donald Trump was in high spirits when he was served around 11 PM on Friday at the Lake Clarke Shores home of GOP consultant Caroline Wren. Prior to being served with felony indictment paperwork, Giuliani reportedly "belted" the song "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra in front of what the Post said was between 80 and 100 guests. Some of the more high-profile attendees of the party were longtime Trump aide Roger Stone and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

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John Eastman denies charges in Trump 'fake electors' case in Arizona

LOS ANGELES — A lawyer who was the architect of a plan to subvert the 2020 election and return Donald Trump to the White House denied all charges against him when he appeared in an Arizona court Friday.

John Eastman is the first of 18 people charged in the battleground state to appear in court over the scheme to empanel fake electors to support their favored candidate.

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Data breach exposes staggering sums gambled by GOP legislator: report

Michigan state Rep. Matt Hall, an election denier and now House minority leader, placed more than $2,200 in bets a day on an online gambling website, according to a new report.

A Democratic source provided Rolling Stone with screenshots showing the Republican legislator's account on the Action Network sports gambling website, which apparently reveal he placed roughly $73,000 in bets for a net loss of $9,000, with most of that activity happening within his first month of opening the account in January 2018.

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Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy attorney demands he be paid and asks to withdraw from counsel

Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy after being told he must pay a judgment of $148 million after he was found to have defamed two election workers in Georgia.

But now his lawyer in that bankruptcy case is arguing he should be paid for the legal fees, so he can withdraw from the suit. The fees total $250,000.

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Prosecutors have shown there's no good explanation for Trump's payments: Cohen's ex-lawyer

Lanny Davis, the erstwhile lawyer for former President Donald Trump's one-time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday that the prosecution has already laid out a clear map of Trump's illegal financial schemes in the Manhattan criminal hush money trial — and the defense has not presented any convincing argument for what those payments were if not what the prosecution said.

"The document we're showing here, this is [Trump Organization CFO] Allen Weisselberg," said Tapper, putting up a document. "And it's a document that basically comes up with the amount that they are going to pay Michael Cohen, which is reimbursement for the payment to Stormy Daniels, according to the prosecutors and Michael Cohen, plus $50,000 more for this other thing having to do with, like, some bogus polling or whatever. That's $180,000 times two, so that there's no tax penalty plus $150,000 because Michael Cohen was upset he didn't get a good Christmas bonus. That's — in total that's $420,000. And then it says $35,000 every month from Donald Trump. So that is the scheme and we haven't heard an alternate suggestion as to what this is."

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'You still have your bar card?' Laughter erupts as lawmaker turns tables on Trump attorney

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) drew laughs during a House hearing when she took a jab at the misfortunes suffered by former attorneys for Donald Trump.

The Texas Democrat asked former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks during a hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government whether she was familiar with the track record of various attorneys who had been criminally charged or disbarred after working for the former president.

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'Rudy.crazy': Giuliani shills coffee amid bankruptcy woes — and is immediately mocked

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is launching a new campaign in his contentious bankruptcy battle, spurred by a $148 million defamation ruling against him, in an unexpected place: the coffee aisle.

Giuliani and his girlfriend Dr. Maria Ryan Tuesday night launched a new website shilling bagged Rudy Coffee with names like "Fighting for Justice," "America's Mayor" and "Enjoying Life," which is decaffeinated.

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'Hinky septic tank' of 'skeezeballs': Devastating NY Times attack skewers Trump hangers-on

There's no question some voters are reconsidering former President Donald Trump now that he has been out of office for nearly four years, wrote Michelle Cottle for The New York Times — but there's something about the Trump administration that she wants you to remember.

Specifically, for all the prominent Republicans who turned up to support him at the Manhattan courthouse this week, like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), there is a whole cast of ex-Trump loyalists who aren't there to stand with him — because they caused an ongoing avalanche of governance scandals when they were serving in his orbit before.

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Giuliani risks contempt of court charge as he hides from Arizona prosecutors

Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani could face contempt of court if he doesn't accept service of his indictment in Arizona soon.

According to The Washington Post, "A team of prosecutors and investigators for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has made multiple attempts to serve Giuliani a summons — essentially a formal notice that he has been criminally charged here and must appear before a judge May 21, said Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for the office.

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Trump wails his judge was appointed by ‘Democrat politicians’ – that’s false

During one of several rants outside the courtroom Monday during his New York trial for alleged criminal business records falsification, election interference, and "hush money," Donald Trump repeatedly complained falsely that the judge overseeing the case was appointed by "Democrat politicians."

Trump is well-acquainted with New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.

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Mike Johnson 'undercuts' Trump's key campaign message with accidental admission: columnist

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to back up former President Donald Trump's claims that non-citizens were voting in presidential elections during a Wednesday news conference — but his claim was accidentally revealing in a way that is bad for the former president, wrote Aaron Blake for The Washington Post.

This comes as Johnson has also suggested that if he were in a position to block election certification in 2024, under the same "circumstances" as 2020, he would do so.

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Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman test judge's order by interviewing together about 2020

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and suspended attorney John Eastman appeared on a podcast this week and discussed the 2020 election.

During a panel with right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon on Monday, both men suggested the 2020 election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump.

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