Rudy Giuliani goes broke
This week Rudy Giuliani publicly demanded that Donald Trump pay his legal bills, in a tacit threat to flip on him if it doesn’t happen. Rudy has had his hand out seeking money from the scummiest criminals across the world for years, so this isn’t particularly surprising. But is Rudy doing this because he greedily wants the money, or because he needs the money?
It turns out Rudy apparently really has gone broke. Even though he has no legitimate income source, he’s been living a lavish lifestyle for years, ostensibly living off the dirty money he’s been getting from the world’s villains. But they’re presumably afraid to keep funding him now that he’s no longer of any use to them.
To that end, Rudy has now laid off a large chunk of his staffers and contractors. Given how addicted he is to his lavish lifestyle, this can only mean one thing – he’s indeed gone broke. This helps explain why Rudy suddenly began demanding $20,000 per hour from Trump last November, after having “worked” for him for free for years. And it explains why Rudy is now trying to blackmail Trump into paying his legal bills. Rudy simply doesn’t have the money.
Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report