Several billionaires who helped fund Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 presidential run say they have no intention of helping out “America’s mayor” now that he’s battling a stack of legal and financial woes. Giuliani has been left strapped for cash as he faces a criminal indictment in Georgia as well as lawsuits related to his defense of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.” But investor Leon Cooperman, who donated a small amount to Giuliani in 2008, told CNBC, “I wouldn’t give him a nickel... He was ‘America’s mayor.’ He did a great job. And like everybody else who gets involved with Trump, it turns to sh*t.” Onetime donor and Home Depot titan Ken Langone indicated he wouldn’t be giving Giuliani a penny from his $7 billion fortune, while former NASCAR boss Brian France told CNBC, “I was a major supporter of Rudy in 2008 and at other times. I’m not sure what happen[ed] but I miss the old Rudy.” Trump, who reportedly declined to pay Giuliani to pursue his bogus election fraud claims after the 2020 election, is set to headline a $100,000-a-head event in September to raise funds for Giuliani’s legal defense. A spokesman for Giuliani brushed off the ice-cold reception from former donors as people saying “nasty things” to “stay in good graces with New York’s so-called ‘high society.’”
