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Rudy Giuliani

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Relationship to Trumppersonal attorney and campaign lawyerlegal · personal · political / 1 source

Former personal attorney to Trump who was disbarred in New York for election-related false statements.

Pardoned for covered federal 2020 election offenses; state and civil matters unaffectedlegal / 2025-11-07–2025-11-07Disbarred in New York and the District of Columbialegal / 2024-09-26–2024-09-26Disbarred in New Yorklegal / 2024-07-02Found civilly liable for defaming Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Mosslegal / 2023-08-30–2023-08-30Longtime political ally; Medal of Freedom intent announced by Trumprelationship / 2025-09-01Former Trump personal attorneyrelationship / 2024-07-02Personal attorney and 2020 campaign lawyerrelationship / 2020-11-04

Exact relationships

  1. personal attorneylegalpoliticaldocumented · 29 files · 37 source references
  2. longtime political ally named for an announced civilian honorpoliticalreported · 1 file · 1 source reference
  3. former Trump lawyer disbarred for election representationslegalpersonalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference

Money, power & fallout

  1. Giuliani meets Ukrainian prosecutor Lutsenko while seeking material on Trump's rivalsDocumented by the House impeachment inquirypersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  2. Giuliani announces, then cancels, a Ukraine trip to press for investigationsTrip canceled; pressure campaign continued through calls and intermediariespersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  3. A U.S. envoy connects Zelensky aide Yermak to Giuliani's private channelDocumented connection in the impeachment recordpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  4. Giuliani meets Yermak in Madrid and presses for named investigationsDocumented by testimony and contemporaneous messagespersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  5. Giuliani intermediaries Parnas and Fruman are charged in a campaign-finance caseParnas and Fruman were charged; Giuliani was not charged in that indictmentpersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  6. Fraud Guarantee pays Giuliani $500,000 while its founders assist his Ukraine workPayment reported; Giuliani called the consulting work legitimatepersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
    1. paymentFraud Guarantee consulting payment$500,000
      Reported source
      Fraud Guarantee
      Reported recipient
      Giuliani Partners
      Financially affected
      Fraud Guarantee
      reported · 2019-10-15 · observedPopulation Payment by Fraud Guarantee to Giuliani Partners reported by ReutersPeriod 2018-08-01 to 2019-10-15Basis Use Reuters' reported total payment; do not allocate it to any individual project or infer an unlawful purpose.Limits Reuters did not disclose underlying invoices or divide the payment by service date.Open cited evidence
  7. House inquiry identifies Giuliani as a central actor in the Ukraine pressure campaignFormal House investigative finding; not a criminal convictionpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  8. Giuliani launches Trump's post-election litigation campaign at Four Seasons Total LandscapingClaims rejected by the certified Pennsylvania result and later court recordpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  9. Giuliani and Trump lawyers allege a nationwide election conspiracy without substantiating itAllegations remained unsupported in the cited investigative recordpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  10. Giuliani falsely accuses Georgia election workers while representing TrumpStatements adjudicated defamatory in Freeman v. Giulianipersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  11. Trump and Giuliani move from researching alternate electors to implementing the planDocumented congressional finding; later state prosecutions had separate dispositionspersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  12. Giuliani and Flynn join the December 18 Oval Office confrontation over overturning the resultProposals were not adopted; meeting documented by the January 6 committeepersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  13. Giuliani calls senators after the Capitol attack to seek further electoral-count delayCongress completed the count despite the requested delaypersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  14. Federal agents execute search warrants at Giuliani's home and officeInvestigation later closed without criminal chargespersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  15. New York court immediately suspends Giuliani's law license over election falsehoodsInterim suspension preceded final New York disbarment in 2024personal attorney · documented · 1 source
  16. Federal prosecutors close Giuliani Ukraine investigation without chargesClosed without criminal chargespersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  17. Court enters default judgment against Giuliani for defaming Freeman and MossLiability established; damages later fixed by jury and final judgmentpersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  18. Jury awards Freeman and Moss $148.169 million against GiulianiFinal judgment entered December 18, 2023 reflected $145.969 million plus $237,113 in feespersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
    1. feeAttorney-fee award$237,113
      Ordered fee payer / source
      Rudy Giuliani
      Ordered fee recipient
      Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss
      Financially affected
      Rudy Giuliani
      ordered · 2023-12-18 · observedPopulation Attorney fees awarded to Freeman and Moss in the defamation actionPeriod 2023-08-30 to 2023-12-18Basis Use the accumulated-fee figure stated in the court opinion's description of the December 18 final judgment.Limits The reviewed opinion establishes the award, not the amount ultimately collected.Open cited evidence
    2. penaltyFinal-judgment damages$145.969 million
      Ordered from
      Rudy Giuliani
      Ordered to
      Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss
      Financially affected
      Rudy Giuliani
      ordered · 2023-12-18 · observedPopulation Compensatory and punitive damages ordered for Ruby Freeman and Wandrea MossPeriod 2023-12-15 to 2023-12-18Basis Use the damages amount in the December 18 final judgment described in the court opinion rather than the larger December 15 jury verdict.Limits An ordered judgment is not the same as cash collected; later settlement terms were confidential.Open cited evidence
  19. Giuliani files Chapter 11 days after the defamation verdictBankruptcy dismissed in 2024 without dischargepersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
    1. otherDebtor-reported asset range$1 million–$10 million
      Measured subject
      Rudy Giuliani
      reported · 2023-12-21 · observedPopulation Assets disclosed in Giuliani's December 2023 voluntary bankruptcy petitionPeriod 2023-12-21 to 2023-12-21Basis Preserve the statutory range shown on the petition; numericValue records only its lower bound for machine readability.Limits The disclosure is a broad debtor-reported range, not a valuation finding or precise net-worth figure.Open cited evidence
    2. otherDebtor-reported liability range$100 million–$500 million
      Reported source
      Rudy Giuliani
      Measured subject
      Rudy Giuliani and scheduled creditors
      reported · 2023-12-21 · observedPopulation Liabilities disclosed in Giuliani's December 2023 voluntary bankruptcy petitionPeriod 2023-12-21 to 2023-12-21Basis Preserve the statutory range shown on the petition; numericValue records only its lower bound for machine readability.Limits The petition included disputed and unliquidated claims; the range is not a final allowed-claims total or amount paid.Open cited evidence
  20. Arizona grand jury charges Giuliani and Meadows in fake-elector caseAll charges dismissed June 18, 2026; prosecutors announced intent to seek a new indictmentpersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  21. New York disbars Giuliani over election falsehoodsDisbarred in New Yorkformer Trump lawyer disbarred for election representations · documented · 1 source
  22. Judge dismisses Giuliani bankruptcy after finding persistent disclosure failuresCase dismissed without discharge; collection resumedpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  23. District of Columbia disbars Giuliani after New York disciplineDisbarred in the District of Columbia and New Yorkpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  24. Court orders Giuliani to turn over specified assets to judgment receiversTurnover order later resolved through a confidential settlementpersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  25. New York judge holds Giuliani in contempt for violating turnover ordersCivil contempt finding; asset dispute later settledpersonal attorney · documented · 2 sources
  26. Second judge holds Giuliani in contempt for repeating the election-worker falsehoodsCivil contempt finding; future violations subject to sanctionspersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  27. Giuliani settles judgment-enforcement litigation with Freeman and MossSettled; payment terms remain confidential and the collection amount is unknownpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  28. Trump announces intent to award Giuliani the Medal of FreedomAward intent announced; conferral not established by this sourcelongtime political ally named for an announced civilian honor · reported · 1 source
  29. Trump grants Giuliani and Meadows federal pardons for 2020 election conductFederally pardoned for covered conduct; state and civil matters unaffectedpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  30. Georgia prosecutor dismisses election case against Trump, Giuliani, Meadows, and remaining defendantsGeorgia charges dismissed without trialpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  31. Arizona judge dismisses the fake-elector indictment in fullCharges dismissed; prosecutors announced intent to seek a new indictmentpersonal attorney · documented · 1 source
  32. Giuliani acts as Trump's lawyer after the 2020 electionHistorical legal and political rolepersonal attorney and campaign lawyer · documented · 1 source
Source: Gage Skidmore · Rights/use: CC BY-SA 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ · Modified: cropped and resized