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Well, fortunately for Giuliani, this is a criminal proceeding so he qualifies for a public defender if he cant afford a lawyer.
They say only a fool represents himself, so he qualifies for that, too!
I don't know if he's quite that poor yet. Georgia only provides public defenders to defendants with a household income below two times the federal poverty line (or thereabouts, I forget the precise multiplier). That's why one of the other Georgia defendants didn't have a defense lawyer while he was being held pending bail.
That's... A little fucked up, what if you don't meet a certain quota of poor you just... Can't be represented?
Apparently? I think it's something they need to look into fixing that, especially given how low the federal poverty line is set.
could you imagine being the poor shit public defender who picked that short straw? defending murderers, rapists, thieves and cheats is one thing... defending that? He's like a pustule of hypocrisy on legs.
They don't get paid enough for that.
And whatever happens, the trumpies will blame said public defender and threaten their life.
blame said public defender and threaten their life.
I feel like Public Defender is where newly-minted lawyers get started. New lawyers that may not have much money, and don't live in a nice safe neighbirhood, making such threats very real.
Kind of surprising Rudy is still alive if he drinks as heavily as they say. His liver must be pickled and he's pushing 80.
His lawyer must have left after having to advise him that "taking the fifth" didn't mean he could take the whole bottle of Vodka with him on the stand....
Yeah I think he's only got about four seasons left in him
Luckily the crematorium is right around the corner.
Looks like he turned the other way and headed into the dildo shop.
(Seriously, of ALL the locations to pick, that had to be the funniest. Rudy is either an idiot or a comedy genius.)
Alcohol is a preservative
Sucks to be a 2bit criminal lackey.
Oh no!
Anyways.
I read today that his drinking is such a well known problem that Trump might not be able to say he was acting on legal advice from his lawyer since it was obvious his lawyer was fucked up
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