A second defense attorney for Rudy Giuliani is withdrawing from his team in Georgia, leaving the former New York City mayor with no local lawyer.
is withdrawing from his team in Georgia, leaving the former New York City mayor with no local lawyer and compounding his legal troubles.
Atlanta-based Brian Tevis filed to leave Giuliani's defense on Wednesday. Tevis was representing Giuliani in the election interference case in Fulton County, where Giuliani was named in the massive RICO indictment along with former PresidentTevis joined Giuliani's legal team as local counsel shortly before the former mayor turned himself in to authorities, and his departure means that Giuliani won't have any local lawyers left in Georgia.
In a separate defamation case brought against him by voting technology company Smartmatic, Giuliani's lawyers said he cannot afford to pay for the $15,000 search of his records. Giuliani also drew speculation about his debt problems after he listed his three-bedroom Manhattan apartment for $6.5 million in August.Political scientist Anthony Michael Kreis said Giuliani's best chance to find another Georgia attorney to defend him in the RICO case would be for him to pick a younger lawyer who is looking to gain some recognition., in response to Tevis' departure.
Although Trump has pushed back on the idea that he should have to foot the bill for his co-defendants, he has hosted at least one fundraiser for Giuliani at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. It has been estimated that the $100,000-a-plate event raised more than $1 million for Giuliani. A second fundraiser is expected.
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