{"id":2299201,"date":"2024-07-18T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-expended-half-of-bank-account-for-personal-expenses-despite-hounding-by-creditors-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:17:37","slug":"rudy-giuliani-spent-half-of-his-bank-account-on-personal-expenses-despite-pressure-from-creditors-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-spent-half-of-his-bank-account-on-personal-expenses-despite-pressure-from-creditors-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Giuliani spent half of his bank account on personal expenses despite pressure from creditors &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frudy-giuliani-spent-half-of-his-bank-account-on-personal-expenses-despite-pressure-from-creditors-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2299201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/someone-please-rescue-miss-usa-from-her-lame-globalist-costume\/\" title=\"Someone Please Rescue Miss USA From Her Lame Globalist Costume\">facing financial \u200btroubles<\/a>\u2063 as he \u2063has reportedly \u200bspent half of his bank account on personal expenses despite\u200c creditors pursuing him over \u2062millions in debt. This comes after Giuliani\u2062 was ruled to pay $148 million \u200dto two Georgia election \u2062workers as part\u2063 of a defamation\u200b settlement, leading him to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December. During federal \u200bcourt proceedings in White Plains, New \u200bYork, it was revealed that Giuliani had spent\u200c a significant amount on expenses such as his condos, Amazon and Apple purchases,\u2064 and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-turn-tables-on-biden-crime-family-and-demented-prosecutions\/\" title=\"Trump promises to retaliate against the &#039;Biden crime family&#039; and &#039;unjust prosecutions&#039;.\">travel\u2062 expenses related<\/a> to the Republican National Convention. The judge overseeing the case grew frustrated with Giuliani&#8217;s lack of cooperation and warned \u200bthat\u200c &#8220;bad things&#8221; could happen if he continued down his current path.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rudy Giuliani expended half of bank account for personal expenses despite hounding by creditors<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York City\">New York City<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rudy-giuliani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York City\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a> blew through half of his bank account for personal expenses despite creditors pursuing him over millions in debt.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani was ruled to pay $148 million to two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Georgia\">Georgia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-floyd-county-georgia-terminates-election-director-after-statewide-audit-discovers-uncounted-votes\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Floyd County, Georgia Terminates Election Director After Statewide Audit Discovers Uncounted Votes\">election workers<\/a> as part of a defamation settlement, resulting in him filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December. Despite his bankruptcy, however, creditors say he doesn&rsquo;t appear to be taking his situation seriously. Rachel Strickland, the lawyer for the two election workers, warned on Wednesday that the former mayor is &ldquo;up to&nbsp;Giuliani&nbsp;shenanigans yet again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani plays with a video camera before the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, federal court&nbsp;proceedings in White Plains, New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/17\/politics\/rudy-giuliani-spending\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported by\">reported by<\/a> CNN, revealed Giuliani had blown through half of $60,000 in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-money-free-speech-addressed-by-h-r-1\/\" title=\"Dark money, free speech addressed by H.R.1?\">personal bank account<\/a> in one week. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-spent-half-of-his-bank-account-on-personal-expenses-despite-pressure-from-creditors-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rudy Giuliani spent half of his bank account on personal expenses despite pressure from creditors - Washington Examiner\">money expended includes<\/a> a $14,000 check for his New York condo, a $25,000 check related to his Florida condo, smaller charges for Amazon and Apple, and travel expenses related to his trip to Milwaukee to attend the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The personal finance expenses were revealed as part of proceedings related to Giuliani&rsquo;s owing $350,000 to a forensic accountant hired to trace his assets during the bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sean Lane of the Southern District of New York, who followed up to ensure the total was paid, grew openly frustrated with Giuliani&rsquo;s lack of cooperation, threatening his lawyers that &ldquo;bad things&rdquo; could follow if he kept on his current course.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If your client persists in this course of action, there are a lot of bad things that can happen,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There are a lot of things your client doesn&rsquo;t want to happen that will happen. None of this is a surprise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t complicated, nor is it unexpected, nor is it unusual. I&rsquo;m really at a loss. I strongly, strongly urge you and your client to sit down and figure out what you really want the endgame&nbsp;to look like,&rdquo; Lane added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the threats, Giuliani has remained defiant. On Tuesday, he told CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins that he has &ldquo;no regrets&rdquo; and compared his situation to that of Japanese Americans put in internment camps during World War II.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Giuliani&rsquo;s situation has grown increasingly dire this year, with his financial troubles multiplying. In May, one of his last major sources of income, a radio show on WABC, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3000580\/rudy-giuliani-kicked-off-air-talking-about-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"removed\">removed<\/a> from the air after he persisted in questioning the 2020 election. The order came from Republican billionaire John Catsimatidis, who owns the station. Catsimatidis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/10\/nyregion\/giuliani-radio-suspended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;that he had warned Giuliani twice already and was left with no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani&rsquo;s bankruptcy protection expired on Friday, allowing the two Georgia election workers the ability to pursue his $10 million net worth.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706111\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706111\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy Giuliani spent half of his personal bank account on various expenses despite facing creditors pursuing him for millions in debt. This includes payments for his condos, Amazon and Apple charges, and travel expenses. Despite warnings from his lawyer and a federal judge, Giuliani remains defiant and has no regrets about his financial situation. His bankruptcy protection has expired, allowing creditors to pursue his assets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2299202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rudy-giuliani-RNC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34761,5939,35447,34505],"class_list":["post-2299201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bank-account","tag-creditors","tag-personal-expenses","tag-rudy-giuliani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rudy-giuliani-RNC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}