'First class grifter': Rudy Giuliani mocked over $10 per month podcast charge amid bankruptcy filing

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York City and former lawyer to ex-President Donald Trump, recently took to social media to request his supporters to pay on a monthly basis to subscribe to his podcast.

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on December 21st, just days after being ordered by a jury to pay the sum of $148 million for defaming two former Georgia election workers, per a report by Newsweek.

Giuliani, of the ‘Common Sense’ podcast and its associated ‘America's Mayor’ livestream, began the new year by requesting that his supporters subscribe to his new show ‘America's Mayor Confidential’ for a monthly fee of $10.

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Guiliani wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Do yourself and me a big favor and join our premier program America's Mayor Confidential so we become a close knit team for 2024. Go to @RudyWGiuliani on X and subscribe for $10 per month so we can be an army by mid-next year," adding, “Only for those who accept the responsibility to re-establish our constitutional rights and pass on to future generations an even greater America than we were given.”

The X account that Giuliani linked in his tweet was suspended.

In January 2020, Giuliani started his podcast, where he routinely talks about politics.

He covers a range of subjects, such as the Republican debates, his support for President Trump, and the allegations of corruption leveled against President Joe Biden.

During the January 1 show, Giuliani commented on Iran, saying "Iran's going to have to decide if they're going to make their big move before Mr. Appeasement is out of office," alluding to the incumbent POTUS.

Despite having been lauded as "America's Mayor" for his response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Giuliani's financial situation is not as impressive.

He has debts up to $500 million, which far exceed his assets which are valued at no more than $10 million.

In his recent episode, Giuliani criticized Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' decision to remove Trump from the Maine primary ballot in the 2024 election.

The embroiled former NYC mayor asked his audience, "You tell me how this happens, if we're not becoming fascists?"

Giuliani was found liable for defaming Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss, by falsely claiming that the women were secretly adding ballots for Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election.

Following Trump's loss to Biden in the 2020 presidential election, Giuliani, who was Trump's personal lawyer at the time, repeatedly made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.

Giuliani has also been indicted, alongside Trump and 17 other co-defendants, in Fulton County, Georgia, for allegedly conspiring to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.

Giuliani and Trump have both pleaded not guilty in the case.

When filing for bankruptcy, Giuliani's debts listed nearly $153 million, including money owed in legal fees and millions of dollars in potential judgments in lawsuits against him.

After a jury ordered Giuliani to pay Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million in defamation damages, the mother and daughter again asked the court to sanction him, per the outlet.

Giuliani alleged that the pair helped rig the vote for President Joe Biden by passing USB drives during the ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia, stating that they were passed like vials of heroin or cocaine.

However, Moss testified to Congress that her mother had merely given her a ginger mint, proving Giuliani's allegation to be false.

Giuliani and his legal firm were also sued for $10 million in May 2023 by Noelle Dunphy, a former associate of Giuliani's, who claimed "abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct" involving "alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist and antisemitic remarks."

During the time, Giuliani's representative, Ted Goodman, declared that the former mayor "unequivocally denies the allegations raised by Ms. Dunphy."

Internet trolls Rudy Giuliani for asking $10 a month from subscribers

People on X laughed at the misfortunes of Giuliani and how everything around him seemed to be falling apart.

One X user wrote: "America's mayor ...what a joke you have become"

Another user remarked: "Just make the checks out to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss."

Another user quipped: "Is that gonna cover the $148 million you’re on the hook for, or just your bar tab?"

"Haha bankrupt. How come he can still have a house" one user asked.

Another X user remarked: "First class grifter"

Finally, this user tweeted: "The irony of you talking about protecting our Constitution. You’re gonna need more than $60/month to pay the people you harmed with your dangerous lies."

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