Rudy Giuliani's lawyers ask judge's permission to drop him as a client
The request comes one day before the former Trump attorney is supposed to turn over property and financial records to the two election workers he defamed.
The attorneys who’ve been defending Rudy Giuliani in a case seeking to force him to turn over his assets to two former election workers he defamed are asking a judge permission to drop him as a client.
The exact reason for the request was redacted in a court filing late Wednesday, but the filing suggested Giuliani, who represented Donald Trump in his challenges to the 2020 election, was being an “unreasonably difficult” client.
In the filing, Giuliani attorney Ken Caruso and co-counsel David Labkowski cited three provisions of the code of professional conduct allowing them to withdraw — when “the client insists upon taking action with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement”; “the client insists upon presenting a claim or defense that is not warranted under existing law and cannot be supported by good faith argument”; or “the client fails to cooperate in the representation or otherwise renders the representation unreasonably difficult for the lawyer.”
Ted Goodman, a representative for Giuliani, did not comment on Caruso’s claims but suggested his client had been blindsided by the motion, which was filed two days before the deadline for Giuliani to turn over property and financial information to the two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
“Mayor Giuliani has not been informed by Mr. Caruso of this action. Surely Mr. Caruso would talk to the mayor, or at the very least inform him of such a decision,” Goodman said.
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