Giuliani concedes that an associate did ask for $20,000 a day to help Trump post-election.

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Rudolph W. Giuliani, former President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, conceded on Friday night that an associate had sent an email to campaign officials asking that Mr. Giuliani be paid $20,000 a day for his work after the Nov. 3 election, but he insisted he was unaware of it at the time.

Mr. Giuliani acknowledged in a brief phone interview that his associate, Maria Ryan, had sent the email shortly after Election Day. But he maintained that she consulted with another associate, Larry Levy, about what Mr. Giuliani should ask for from the campaign while Mr. Giuliani was out of town.

A copy of the email, reviewed by the Times, showed that she sent it from a Giuliani Partners email account.

“Mr. Giuliani began working the case in the wee hours of the morning on November 4,” Ms. Ryan wrote. “He has a team in Washington working out of rented hotel rooms.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/giuliani-concedes-that-an-associate-did-ask-for-20000-a-day-to-help-trump-post-election.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Bill collector opting for a cut? /nt

[underpants]

2. Lawyer goes to heaven

He gets to the gate and sees Saint Pete. No fair the lawyer says, I am only 45. Saint Pete says no, we got a new system. We do it by billable hours, our system says you are 135

[rickyhall]

9. The Ghoul looks 135.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "He has a team in Washington working out of rented hotel rooms."

I guess out on the back 9...

[rsdsharp]

4. In the real world, there's a word for associates who

contact clients to negotiate the senior partner’s billing rate.

Unemployed.

[AZ8theist]

5. Total BULLSHIT

Rudy got stiffed by the dead-beat traitor and now is throwing somebody under the bus, claiming he wasn't aware of his ridiculous asking fee.

NONSENSE. More gaslighting....

[world wide wally]

6. Long distance is free on your cell phone

[Ohio Dem]

7. Well, of course he did. That being said,

this lawyer isn't an outlier. There will be plenty of lawyers out there willing to do be bidding of these fuckers. And the next bunch are younger and smarter than Trump.

Edited to fix a typo

[marble falls]

8. If you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, you will be glad there are plenty of lawyers ...

... Even the guilty deserve legal representation. The number one reason for a lawyer is not to get off, it's to have a fair trial.

We want Trump to have a completely fair and well represented trial followed by a first class hanging, though a stiff jail sentence commensurate to his culpability is satisfactory.

[Marcuse]

10. Competent attorneys won't touch him.

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Just amazing how supposedly educated people...

Are just so willing to buy into this nonsense and torch legitimate careers.

But maybe they think they can keep grifting the right-wing rubes. And maybe they are right. It's probably easier and more lucrative than actual hard work.