Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice

Mystery about Rudy Giuliani's heritage. The former lawyer of Donald Trump and ex-mayor of New York – where he was also a federal prosecutor – was declared, Monday January 6, responsible for obstructing justice, following his conviction in 2023 to a huge compensation financier in a defamation case.

The federal judge in the southern jurisdiction of New York State, in Manhattan, Lewis Liman, ruled that he had failed in his obligations to provide information about his assets and how to compensate two women he had defamed after the presidential election of November 2020, according to audience reports from American media.

Mr. Giuliani, 80, was the architect of Mr. Trump's offensive four years ago to try to invalidate President Joe Biden's electoral victory. In August and December 2023, he was ordered to pay $148 million to two election officials in the swing state of Georgia, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.

From a video showing the two women passing an object – which turned out to be a mint tablet – during the counting of ballots in November 2020, the ex-mayor and former anti-corruption prosecutor claimed that they exchanged a USB stick “as if they were doses of heroin or cocaine” to fake the results. The complainants, both black, recounted how these accusations, fueled by Donald Trump, had earned them insults and threats, often of a racist nature.

A legendary baseball jersey that disappears

Last October, Judge Liman ordered Mr. Giuliani to give up part of his assets to compensate the two women. Including his ten-room apartment in the upscale Upper East Side district of Manhattan, his 1980 Mercedes-Benz convertible, jewelry, twenty-six luxury watches and collector's items, such as a jersey signed by the legend of baseball Joe DiMaggio.

Although he agreed to give up his car and watches, Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani refused to give up the baseball jersey. Which has disappeared, ironically Monday New York Times.

The former mayor also owns a condominium in Palm Beach, Florida, very close to Donald Trump's home, valued at $3.5 million.

Mr. Giuliani must return to a civil trial in Manhattan on January 16 to prove that this apartment is now his principal residence, and no longer his Manhattan one, and that it cannot therefore be seized for compensation.