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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Pff. No mugshot? I want to see the hair dye running down again.

[–] 0110010001100010@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Get that fucking American flag pin off your fucking lapel you goddamn traitor.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I guess he figured out that he had to go to Atlanta Corrections and not some store called Correction Atlanta or something.

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are we sure it wasn't his blood?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It might have been whatever was dripping down Gary Oldman's head in The Fifth Element.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC we didn't get immediate mugshots on the others either. Probably by EOD or tomorrow.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] vardogor@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

ray smith looking like evil conan

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

I might just have to print, frame, and hang this.

How whimsical. They won't, but I hope they rot.

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just uploaded the mugshot, check the link again. He looks as charming as always.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

5'9 sounds accurate, but 180 pounds? That seems a bit generous. I bet they just asked him and didn't bother weighing him.

I was most interested in his BAC, too bad they didn't take that.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone said they just use whatever it says on your ID

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

NY licenses don't have weight on them (assuming Rudy still has one)

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I was most interested in his BAC, too bad they didn't take that.

They did, but the machine caught fire from the fumes.

[–] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Their BAC tests probably would max out

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

In a few years he might qualify for a work-release program through Four Seasons Landscaping.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago

As a New York City resident who lived through Rudy's term, may I say how glad I am to see that picture.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does Rudy have the money to post bail?

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sure some seedy bailbond place will happily loan him the money.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No joke, the NYT article says:

After his booking, Mr. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, stepped out of an S.U.V. to address a throng of reporters, calling the case “an attack on the American people.” He then made his way to A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds, a business near the jail.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Four Seasons Total Bail Bonds

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, I sure wouldn't, even if I was a staunch conservative. He doesn't seem like someone who pays his bills if he can avoid it.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I would. Just the slim chance that I get to send a bounty hunter after him would be worth it.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was also wondering this since he's been begging for money for his legal bills.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was recent reporting that Trump hasn't paid Giuliani or Eastman. I wonder what else Giuliani has been doing for money.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Selling motorboats

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Selling handies behind Four Seasons Total Landscaping?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Georgia has a 10% deal, so he only has to post $15K.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-bond-set-200000-fulton-county-election-interference/story?id=102431955

"The bond can be paid through cash, a commercial surety, or a court program that requires a payment of 10% of the bond amount."

[–] Statick@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is the point of a large bail bond if 10% is all that needs to be paid? Why not get rid of that and just set it at whatever 10% is?

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you skip out on court, you owe the whole thing.

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[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

“I’m feeling very, very good about it because I feel like I am defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney,” Giuliani said.

He realizes this is a criminal case, not a rights case, right?

Edit: they edited the story and removed the quote. His original and full answer can be found here..

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 10 points 1 year ago

Rudy is proudly defending every American's right to be a criminal dickbag. A defeat here would be a loss for assholes everywhere.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He doesn't see his actions as criminal.

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Giuliani was sober when he spoke to reporters as he left his Manhattan apartment earlier Wednesday to fly to Atlanta.

I legit thought this is what the third bullet point said.

[–] deaconblue@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Would also have been news

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

As opposed to all the other times he's talked to reporters...

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Four Seasons Total Criminal Arraignment

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Wow Rudy's mugshot may just give me enough vigor to fight off the case of COVID I caught.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they making them do a proper booking and appear at the arraignment in jail clothes after sitting in a cell for a bit?

Or is this just more proof they are above the law?

[–] KuroJ@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They absolutely should but I'm going to guess no.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure about the jail clothes, but defintely yes on the rest.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently he doesn't have $150,000 sitting around, as he was seen going into a bail bondsmans office.

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