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Posted: 2021-08-02T04:17:29Z | Updated: 2021-08-02T04:17:29Z

Donald Trump s former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is almost broke and Trump doesnt seem to care all that much, sources have told The New York Times.

Giuliani is currently struggling under a mountain of legal fees as he attempts to fend off a major federal investigation and answer a $1.3 billion lawsuit. Trump, meanwhile, isnt pitching in a dime of the millions he has raised in his ongoing battle against a legitimate election, according to New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman .

Giulianis supporters are aghast that Trump isnt helping out, according to Haberman, given that many of his activities were carried out on Trumps behalf to push the former presidents Big Lie of a rigged election.

But helping Giuliani is problematic for the former president (and definitely for his bank account), and Giuliani should have known better than to undertake some of his activities, sources told Haberman.

Giuliani allies are looking at the Trump $ - even if it isn't $82 million - and are aghast that Trump isn't helping Giuliani with legal fees. Giuliani's friends say he is saying he is close to broke, and his interview w @MelissaRusso4NY makes clear he knows he's in legal jeopardy https://t.co/mv9QtedbMR

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Giuliani allies are looking at the Trump $ - even if it isn't $82 million - and are aghast that Trump isn't helping Giuliani with legal fees. Giuliani's friends say he is saying he is close to broke, and his interview w @MelissaRusso4NY makes clear he knows he's in legal jeopardy https://t.co/mv9QtedbMR

Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 1, 2021

Trump aides have been clear they see no mechanism for paying Giulianis legal bills that isnt problematic for Trump, and they think Giuliani took actions a lawyer should have known were problematic, even if the client wanted it.

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Trump aides have been clear they see no mechanism for paying Giulianis legal bills that isnt problematic for Trump, and they think Giuliani took actions a lawyer should have known were problematic, even if the client wanted it.

Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 1, 2021

The Washington Post also reported early this year that Trump had shut out his attorney , even though Giuliani had traveled the country promoting Trumps tale of a stolen election. Trump was unhappy with Giulianis demand for $20,000 a day in fees, and privately expressed concern about some of Giulianis moves, sources told the newspaper then.

Not only was Trump refusing to pay Giulianis legal fees, but he told aides that all reimbursement requests for travel and other expenses needed to go through him, according to the Post.

Giuliani, who has been suspended from practicing law in New York and Washington, D.C. , for his questionable activities, is currently embroiled in a massive $1.3 billion lawsuit filed against him by Dominion Voting Systems.

The suit accuses Giuliani of defamation through a viral disinformation campaign about Dominion made up of demonstrably false allegations , in part to enrich himself through legal fees and a podcast. Giulianis fact-free attack on Dominion was part of his and Trumps baseless narrative about a rigged election.

Giuliani is also being investigated by the FBI for his activities on behalf of certain officials and Trump in Ukraine. He was part of Trumps strategy to hold up Congress-approved military aid to Ukraine to pressure officials to launch a baseless investigation into Joe Biden that led to the former presidents first impeachment.

Audio of conversations released in June revealed Giuliani repeatedly suggesting to Ukrainian officials that the nation could have a better relationship with the U.S. if the countrys president would open a Biden probe in 2019.

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In an interview Friday on NBC New York, Giuliani called the investigation lawless and said everything he did was on behalf of his client , Donald Trump.

I am more than willing to go to jail if they want to put me in jail. And if they do, theyre going to suffer the consequences in heaven, he declared.

A New York state appellate court in June said Giuliani would be temporarily barred from practicing law in the state for making false and misleading statements about the 2020 election, pending further investigation into his behavior.

The seriousness of respondents uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated , the court said in its 33-page decision. This country is being torn apart by continued attacks on the legitimacy of the 2020 election.

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