Trump to attend fundraiser for Giuliani next month amid legal battles

Former President Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for his former lawyer and ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani next month as Giuliani faces mounting legal fees.

The event will take place at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., property on Sept. 7. The former president is expected to attend as a special guest, a source confirmed to The Hill.

The New York Times first reported Trump would headline the event in support of Giuliani. The Times posted an invitation for the event, which shows donors are asked to give $100,000 to attend a roundtable discussion with Trump and Giuliani, followed by dinner with the former mayor.

Trump and Giuliani were indicted on charges in Georgia related to their efforts to overturn the state’s election results in 2020, where President Biden was determined to be the winner after the votes were recounted and certified.

Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Atlanta on Wednesday, and Trump is expected to turn himself in Thursday.

Trump and Giuliani have faced steep legal costs as their legal problems accumulate.

Trump has been indicted in New York City, Florida, Washington and Atlanta this year, and he has burned through millions of dollars in donor cash to cover his legal costs.

Giuliani, meanwhile, is facing the Georgia case as well as three defamation suits related to comments he made while seeking to help Trump unwind the 2020 results — two from voting equipment companies and another from a mother-daughter duo serving as election workers in Georgia.

He’s also facing disbarment proceedings in New York and Washington, matters in which he also has secured attorneys, as well as a sexual harassment lawsuit.

In recent proceedings in the cases, Guiliani’s attorneys have noted his inability to pay for bills, as well as the apparent cutting off of assistance from Trump’s PAC after it initially provided him with $400,000 this year to help cover the cost of preserving his records as evidence in court cases.

CNN reported last week that Giuliani and his attorney traveled to Florida in April to appeal to Trump to help cover some of Giuliani’s legal fees.

Trump on Wednesday reacted to Giuliani’s surrender in Atlanta by lamenting that the “greatest Mayor in the history of New York City was just ARRESTED in Atlanta, Georgia, because he fought for Election Integrity.”