Arizona Indictment: Giuliani is one of 18 Trump allies who were indicted on criminal charges in Arizona on Wednesday on allegations they fraudulently helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election or signed on to a false slate of electors—though The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Giuliani had still not yet been served because prosecutors could not track him down, which risks him being held in contempt should he not appear in court for his arraignment.
Georgia Indictment: Giuliani was indicted on 13 felony counts in Fulton County, Georgia, for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election as former President Donald Trump’s attorney, as part of a broader racketeering case against 19 defendants in total, including the former president (he has pleaded not guilty to the charges).
Georgia Defamation Case: Giuliani was sued for defamation by two Georgia election workers who he falsely tied to an unfounded conspiracy theory about voter fraud in 2020, which resulted in a protracted legal battle that ended with a jury ordering Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages—a ruling that prompted Giuliani to file for bankruptcy and was upheld by a federal judge in April.
Hunter Biden: Biden sued Giuliani, his limited liability companies and former lawyer Robert Costello in September 2023, accusing the former mayor and his attorney of tampering with Biden’s digital data recovered from his laptop, after conservatives—including Giuliani—used the laptop to push often-unproven allegations of wrongdoing by President Joe Biden.
DOJ Indictment: Giuliani is believed to be “co-conspirator 1” in a separate federal indictment charging Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, his attorney has acknowledged, after the document described an “attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not.”
Though the indictment alleges Giuliani was involved with Trump’s allegedly unlawful conspiracy to overturn the election results, he has not been charged in the investigation—though special counsel Jack Smith noted the DOJ’s investigation is still ongoing, so it’s not ruled out that he could be charged in the future.
Noelle Dunphy: Giuliani is facing a $10 million lawsuit brought by former associate Noelle Dunphy, who accused the attorney of a range of misconduct including sexual assault and harassment, with audio transcripts released last week as part of the case capturing Giuliani allegedly making sexually explicit comments, along with disparaging comments about Jewish men and actor Matt Damon, which included making a homophobic slur.
Dominion and Smartmatic: Giuliani has also been sued by voting machine companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic for spreading false election fraud claims involving their machines, and though a court initially dismissed some of the allegations against Giuliani in the Smartmatic case, an appeals court reinstated them in February 2023.
Staten Island Lawsuit: Giuliani was sued in May for false arrest by Daniel Gill, who slapped the attorney on the back and said, “What’s up, scumbag?” at a grocery store, and was charged with third-degree assault after Giuliani claimed Gill hit him.
Gill argues video footage of the incident shows he only “tapped” Giuliani “to get his attention,” and he was “put through the system” at Giuliani’s urging and the attorney conspired with police to “deprive [Gill] of his liberty.”
Disbarment: Giuliani has had his law license suspended in New York and Washington, D.C., due to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and proceedings are ongoing over whether he’ll be fully disbarred—the D.C. disciplinary panel has recommended his disbarment, but Giuliani intends to appeal the decision.
