RUDY Giuliani famously served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001 and is the former personal lawyer for Donald Trump.
Over the years, Giuliani has been the center of criticism and scandals which ultimately led to him losing the ability to practice law in some jurisdictions.
Who is Rudy Giuliani?
Born May 28, 1944, Giuliani, 78, is known as an American politician and attorney who famously served as the Mayor of New York City.
Prior to his role as Mayor, Giuliani served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989.
He is a 1968 NYU School of Law graduate and a member of the Republican Party.
Outside of politics, Giuliani also dabbles in the entertainment industry and made headlines in February 2022 after it was revealed he would be starring on The Masked Singer.
His unmasking reportedly caused a commotion amongst the judges.
On July 8, 2022, former President Donald Trump revealed that Giuliani was hospitalized and being treated for a heart condition.
Trump claimed that Giuliani's hospitalization was the result of what the political left has “put him through.”
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What is Rudy Giuliani's net worth?
Due to Giuliani's titles, he has been able to amass an extensive net worth.
As of February 2022, Giuliani has an estimated net worth of $40million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
In addition to being a lawyer and politician, Giuliani is also a highly-paid public speaker as well.
Giuliani became Donald Trump's personal lawyer in 2018.
Why did the feds search Giuliani's home and office?
Federal agents raided his Manhattan home and office on April 28, 2021, seizing computers and cell phones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into his business dealings.
Giuliani had been under scrutiny for several years over his ties to Ukraine, and the searches sent the strongest signal yet that he could eventually face federal charges.
Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, told The Wall Street Journal that agents showed up at dawn and described the raids as “legal thuggery.”
The former NYC mayor himself had previously called the probe “pure political persecution.”
The raids came months after Trump left the White House and lost his ability to pardon allies for federal crimes.
Giuliani was part of Trump's efforts to dig up dirt against Democratic rival Joe Biden, now the president, and to press Ukraine for an investigation into Biden and his son, Hunter.
Hunter Biden is now facing a criminal tax probe by the Justice Department.
Costello also told The Wall Street Journal that the searches were related to potential violations of foreign lobbying rules.
The probe was looking to confirm if Giuliani lobbied on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs in 2019.
The US Attorney’s office in Manhattan and the FBI had been seeking a search warrant for Giuliani's phone for months, according to The New York Times.
The Giuliani investigation grew out of a case against two Soviet-born men who were aiding him in the search for information on Joe Biden.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were charged with unrelated crimes in 2019.
Why was Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York?
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, a New York appellate court stated "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani issued false statements following the results of the 2020 presidential election.
They added that the misinformation was issued "in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020."
"These false statements were made to improperly bolster respondent’s narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client."
They then went on to conclude that Giuliani's actions threatened public interest and therefore "warrants interim suspension from the practice of law."
Giuliani was "admitted to the state bar in New York" in 1969, according to The New York Times. He had a successful law career and was also employed by the Justice Department during former President Ronald Reagan's administration.
Is Rudy Giuliani married?
Over the years, Giuliani has walked down the aisle three times.
In 1968, he tied the knot with Regina Peruggi, 75, who was famously the president of Kingsborough Community College from 2005 to 2014, the first woman to hold that position in the college's 40-year history.
The former couple was married for 14 years before parting ways in 1982.
In 1984, Giuliani then remarried American journalist Donna Hanover, 71.
Before divorcing in 2002, they welcomed two children together including Andrew, 36, and Caroline, 33.
In 2003, Giuliani then married his third wife, Judith Giuliani, 67, who is a registered nurse.
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The couple was married for 16 years before parting ways in 2019.
As of February 2022, Giuliani is not married.
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