Judge says he may reconsider dismissing Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case
Judge Sean Lane of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York said Donald Trump's former attorney hadn't paid required administrative expenses tied to the case.
The judge who presided over Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case said Thursday that he might have to reconsider his decision to dismiss the case because of Giuliani's failure to pay some of his creditors' expenses.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane of the Southern District of New York had said he would dismiss Giuliani's petition seeking bankruptcy protections after he found that Giuliani, the onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, had failed to turn over key financial information, despite numerous directives to do so.
In an order entered Thursday, Lane said he hadn't yet dismissed the case because Giuliani hadn't paid the administrative expenses, "a necessary requirement under the law for dismissal of the case."
Dismissing the case would pave the way for two former election workers in Georgia to begin collecting on their $146 million verdict against Giuliani after he repeatedly defamed them following the 2020 election.
Giuliani, the judge noted Thursday, has proposed providing the creditors’ accountants with a lien on his New York apartment — which is on the market — “so that such fees would be in line to be paid only if and when the New York apartment is sold.”
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