The Justice Department’s identification of Rudy Giuliani as an uncharged alleged co-conspirator in the second indictment against former President Donald Trump was among a string of legal headaches Giuliani faced last week, as the far-right lawyer’s legal issues intensified ahead of a possible indictment in Georgia.
DOJ Indictment: Giuliani is believed to be “co-conspirator 1” in the indictment charging Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, his attorney has acknowledged, after the document described an “attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not.”
Though the indictment alleges Giuliani was involved with Trump’s allegedly unlawful conspiracy to overturn the election results, he has not been charged in the investigation—though special counsel Jack Smith noted the DOJ’s investigation is still ongoing, so it’s not ruled out that he could be charged in the future.
Georgia Defamation Case: Giuliani is being sued for defamation by two Georgia election workers who he falsely tied to an unfounded conspiracy theory about voter fraud in 2020, which has led to a protracted legal battle as the election workers have asked the court to sanction Giuliani for not turning over evidence, prompting him to concede in a July court filing that the claims he made were “false.”
Giuliani’s filing prompted an order from the judge last week asking him to clarify why...
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