Trump hosts fundraiser for Giuliani

Former President Trump hosted a fundraiser for his longtime ally and former attorney Rudy Giuliani on Thursday night, as the man once known as “America’s Mayor” struggles to keep up with his mounting legal bills.

The $100,000-a-plate fundraiser at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., golf club was expected to raise more than $1 million for the former New York City mayor, Giuliani’s son, Andrew, said. Trump has also committed to hosting a second event for Giuliani at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Andrew Giuliani noted.

“So that will be very helpful,” Giuliani’s son said on WABC radio. However, he added, “It won’t be enough to get through this.”

Giuliani’s attorney, Brian Tevis, similarly suggested Thursday that the former mayor is likely trying to raise “as much as possible,” adding that he thinks “they’re going to need it.”

Giuliani was indicted last month alongside Trump and 17 others in Georgia over efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the Peach State. 

He also faces defamation suits from two voting equipment companies and a mother-daughter duo of election workers whom he accused of manipulating ballots, in addition to proceedings in New York and Washington, D.C., to strip him of his law license.

The Associated Press contributed.