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Ayana Archie

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy a day after a judge orders him to pay $146 million

Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference after his defamation trial outside the federal courthouse in Washington, on Dec. 15. A jury awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. (A judge lowered the jury's award to $146 million.) (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Former Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, one day after a federal judge ordered him to immediately pay nearly $150 million to two former Georgia election workers he defamed.

In the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, submitted Thursday in New York, Giuliani reported millions of dollars in debt from lawsuits, unpaid taxes and outstanding legal fees.

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