Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani raised some eyebrows last week when he traveled to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in pricey first-class seats.
The reason that this was surprising was that Giuliani had declared bankruptcy after being hit with a $148 million judgement for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss after the 2020 presidential election.
Now CNN reports that Giuliani's trip to Milwaukee was bankrolled by the media company owned by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who is also facing multiple multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuits for false claims he made about Dominion Voting Systems stealing the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump.
"Lindell told CNN on Tuesday that Giuliani is an employee of the media company, but declined to say how much he was being paid for the job, which he said started July 1," notes CNN.
Lindell also defended giving first-class seats to Giuliani, as well as his girlfriend and his personal assistant who also joined him at the RNC.
“It’s not like he’s living the life of luxury,” Lindell said of Giuliani. “We’ve got a company thing where that’s just what we do.”
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The report adds that, in addition to the $148 million that he owes to Freeman and Moss, Giuliani also owes $350,000 to a forensic accountant.
Giuliani's presence at the RNC has his creditors swarming and trying to get a better insight into his finances.
"Creditors have been attempting to trace Giuliani’s expenditures around the RNC," CNN writes. "They have only been able to obtain so far transactions of Giuliani’s personal debit card – not cards he typically uses for charges. That revealed only nominal purchases by the former mayor in Milwaukee, such as two charges for less than $100 at a hotel, according to a person familiar with the payment."
