The Daily Populous Sunday December 24th, 2023 morning edition
Authored by newsweek.com and submitted by Introvert_Comics

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was listed among the many individuals and companies Rudy Giuliani owes money to after filing for bankruptcy, according to court documents.

A Thursday court file revealed that Donald Trump's former attorney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as he found himself enveloped in several costly legal cases stemming from his actions following the 2020 election.

Notably, the former New York City mayor owes $148 million for defaming two Georgia election workers in his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of Trump. A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Giuliani should have started to pay what he owed for defaming Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss immediately. He had already been required to pay the two's legal fees and penalties for a total of $230,000.

Conservative media outlet One America News Network was initially involved in the same lawsuit but was dismissed after settling with the two election workers.

Rudy Giuliani outside of the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on December 15, 2023. Giuliani owes an unspecified amount of money to Hunter Biden (inset). Getty Images

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The document shows that the longtime Trump ally estimates between $1 million and $10 million in assets—insufficient to pay the cost of his many legal cases.

According to the filing, Giuliani owes $153 million spurring from existing or potential debt claims to up to 49 creditors. Additionally, Giuliani owes $1 million in federal and state taxes and $388,000 in outstanding legal fees. He also owes $3.4 million in potential liabilities from lawsuits that accuse him of failing to pay accountants, lawyers and phone bills.

The former New York City mayor also owes unspecified amounts of money to the plaintiffs of five other pending lawsuits, including Dominion Voting Systems and Hunter Biden.

Newsweek reached out to Giuliani's lawyer, Ted Goodman, via direct message on X, formerly Twitter, for comment on Friday.

On September 26, Hunter Biden filed a civil lawsuit against Giuliani and his former attorney, Robert Costello, alleging the two had tried to hack his personal devices. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, the president's son said the two caused the "total annihilation" of his digital privacy and violated federal and state computer privacy legislation by trying to hack his devices.

"Plaintiff has demanded Defendants Giuliani and Costello cease their unlawful activities with respect to Plaintiff's data and return any data in their possession belonging to Plaintiff, but they have refused to do so," the lawsuit reads. "Defendants' statements suggest that their unlawful hacking activities are ongoing today and that, unless stopped, will continue into the future, thereby necessitating this action."

It's unknown how much money Hunter Biden's lawsuit sought from Giuliani and Costello. Costello himself recently sued Giuliani to recover over $1 million in unpaid legal bills.