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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148m to election workers he defamed

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Rudy Giuliani has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy days after he was ordered to pay more than $148m to a mother-daughter pair of election workers he defamed in the volatile aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, underscoring the downfall of a man once hailed as “America’s Mayor”.

His in comes one day after the federal judge overseeing his case to “immediately” pay the women, pointing to his

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