he says rudy giuliani and robert costello proceeded to get into that laptop in a way that he allegesagainst the law, at least for the purposes of this lawsuit. he says some of the reasons he has of knowing this is because robert costello at one point in a "new york" magazine story was logging into a laptop that he was saying was hunter biden's. also, giuliani was talking about hunter biden's laptop and saying he had it on his podcast multiple times. so they're suing so that they can stop, that hunter biden is trying to stop the continued access that he fears of his data. one of the things he writes in this lawsuit, his lawyers write, is there is no dispute defendants have to some extent access, tampered with, manipulated, copied and damaged plaintiff's data. they're going to court against rudy giuliani, a man facing multiple lawsuits under many different counts, really buried under legal fees right now. it comes at the same time, of course, john, hunter biden is facing his own criminal investigation including charges in delaware and some ongoing republican investigations on capitol h

and what hunter biden is accusing robert costello and rudy giuliani of doing is getting access to data that was taken from his laptop. so that laptop was the laptop that he had given over to a computer repair shop in delaware and at some point rudy giuliani and robert costello got access to a drive of information that hunter biden says at least some of that was indeed from the laptop. he is not saying that everything was. there might be have manipulated data on there. what they are accusing giuliani and costello of doing here in this lawsuit is essentially unlawfulfully invading his privacy. hacking into a computer. that's some of the language that they use in this lawsuit. and one of the things that they say is that defendant statements suggest the unlawful hacking activities are ongoing today and unless stopped will continue into the future, thereby necessitating this action. so that's the reason that they are going to court on this. but it's also just one of these moments where hunter biden is on the offensive bringing a case against rudy giuliani quite a well known figure in the wo

>> this is pretty stunning because robert costello has been rudy giuliani's lawyer since 2019 but knownnd of break between these two men is remarkable. rudy giuliani has issued a statement to the associated press saying he's hurt by what mr. costello hose done here. but costello is saying rudy owes him more than $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees for his representation in a variety of criminal investigations, starting with the southern district of new york, the jack smith special counsel, and the atlanta case, and also ten civil cases including that defamation case by the atlanta election workers who say that rudy defamed them. this is just kind of the latest example of how the man that we used to call america's mayor, has really sort of facing financial and personal ruin. now he's gone to donald trump and asked trump to help defray his legal costs and trump had a fundraiser that was supposed to raise a million dollars but apparently that money did not get to robert costello, at least according to the lawsuit, and he is suing his former client he's no longer representing, raising the que

. >> welliano and he is saying that the information on the personal laptop, robert costello in a new york magazine article typed in and logged into hunter biden's data using a password of his, and giving the examples of rudy giuliani on the podcast talking about having access of his laptop and holding it up on the podcast saying that this is hunter biden's, and that is the suit bias, and hunter bias and his lawyers are st. louis for is that they are saying that defendant's statements suggest that unlawful hacking activities are ongoing until this day, and unless stopped will continue into the future, and thereby affe affecting lawsuits. this is the fourth lawsuit that he has sued over some invasion over his personal information. then on of the of that, he is a hit the he has a capitol hill invest investigation, and one of the people he is suing, rudy giuliani is facing a mountain of his own lawsuits, including his own. >> thank you, caitlyn, for reme remembered. >> and now the primary race debate, trump is ip asking it again. there is a list of the rnc race. doug burgum, nikki haley,

here he's suing rudy giuliani and giuliani's longtime attorney robert costello, alleging that these menked his personal data and disseminated it and a violation of state and federal law according to the allegations. costello and giuliani have played a very public role in sharing data in a laptop that h hunter biden was said to have left in a repair shop. hunter's lawyers have described this as annihilation of hunter biden's digital privacy. even though hunter biden is facing a case of his own in delaware, a lawyer on his team told me earlier today anyone involved in sharing his data should be hearing, quote, foot steps. now giuliani shot back in a statement today by his spokesman that he'd be surprised he's accused of manipulating any data on this laptop and also suggested there are elements of crime on that laptop. it's clear even though hunter biden is facing criminal charges now, the more aggressive strategy began when that whole investigation was going to be put behind them, resolved with a plea deal, they're not leaning back in becoming more litigious. >> let's switch gears and tal

when robert costello received the laptop from hunter biden, just access what is on the laptop is a violationprivacy and a violation of state and federal law, and he has reason to say they manipulated and tampered with that material, and it's a huge argument because it causes people to think about what we have seen and how republicans have been hammering image after image, including in the recent hearings, it's really true. >> he alleged in there in part of that is he's not saying it was his to begin with, and that's interesting and it's a legal issue. former president trump visited a gun shop, and it was posted on x that he bought a gun, and the campaign denied he bought a gun, and that post was subsequently deleted. here's how that unfolded. take a look. >> that's a glock. these are great sellers. >> it comes exactly like this from glock. >> they sell well, huh? >> it's a .45. >> sir, if you want one -- >> i want to buy one. >> can you explain why this would be an issue for the former president? >> yeah, there's two issues here, josÉ. let me take them one at a time. owning a gun when you ar

hunter biden is suing rudy giuliani and giuliani's former attorney robert costello for the total annihilation of his digital privacy when they hacked, then distributed data from a hard drive associated with his personal laptop in 2020. giuliani and costello have repeatedly acknowledged accessing the hard drive's data. the information was used in a story by "the new york post" implicating president biden in alleged corrupt business dealings which have since become the focus of the republican-led house impeachment inquiry against biden. in iraq, at least 100 people were killed when a massive fire ripped through a wedding party in the northern nineveh province tuesday. at least 150 others were injured. the blaze may have been caused by fireworks used during the ceremony. relatives of the wedding guests have been desperately searching for their loved ones. >> my nephew's wife and children , all three of them we can't find them. you are looking at hospitals. we could not find them. we are looking at all hospitals, nothing. amy: the death toll from an explosion at a fuel depot in the nagorno-karaba

that's according to a lawsuit from robert costello who alleges giuliani failed to pay him and his lawtion interference cases in georgia and washington, d.c. and a variety of other legal matters. they claim giuliani is on the hook for nearly $1.4 million in outstanding fees and that he only paid a fraction of the tab, just $214,000 since november 2019, which is when he first retained costello. however, the complaint does say that giuliani made a partial payment of $10,000 last week. in response giuliani criticized both the lawsuit and costello saying this, quote, i can't express how personally hurt i am by what bob costello has done. it's a real shame when lawyers do something like this and i'll say their fees are way in excess. donald trump hosted a $100,000 a plate fund-raiser for giuliani at his bedminster golf club to help with the former mayor's legal defense fund. it's not yet clear how much that event raised for giuliani personally. joining us now to talk about all this legal analyst our friend lisa ruben. jeffrey clark, let's start there. he's the latest trump ally to argue it'

his own recent former lawyer, robert costello, is suing giuliani, saying he owes over $1 million in unpaiddicted coconspirator in jack smith's probe. giuliani also has legal fees from cases by dominion and artmatic voting companies over alleged defamation and election lies. he also wand foud liable for defaming election workers. this is what giuliani says on newsmax. >> you have all these crazy legal bills. you shouldn't be in the position you're in, but you're in it. >> we'll fight our way out. we always do. because we're on the right side, greg. >> that's his view. we also saw giuliani going to a bail bonds agency for $150,000 bail for his recent georgia arraignment. donald trump is hosting a fund-raiser for giuliani's mounting fees while the former mayor's son says it won't be enough to get through this. you have giuliani and his own former lawyer now in a conflict once memorably captured by dest destny's child. at first we started real cool, now you have the audacity to hold your money from me until you get your check. as it was put, the question becomes, can you pay my bills? do you p

robert costello, the lawyer in question, has represented rudy giuliani since 2019, but the two men have each other 50 years, and costello has been a staunch advocate for giuliani. now, he is doing rudy giuliani, saying rudy owes him nearly $1.1 million in fees and has not paid his legal bills, and it really raises questions about how giuliani goes forward in the various legal matters in which he is entangled, including he's charged criminally in georgia. is representing him? how is he paying the bills? his apartment in manhattan, multimillion dollar property reportedly up and sale. it's an indication as to how a man once known as america's mayor is an dire straits. >> you might want to know what this means for his defense cannot him, though, right? so many people and the question whether that plays into people's decision about the level of cooperation because they know that, to get involved in any of these cases is an incredibly not just complex and potentially threatening situation, but a financial drain unlike most of them have ever faced in their lives. >> yeah. kind of too much for

the other side is what we've reported is that robert costello, the attorney for rudy giuliani, was contactedac. said look, if you've legally obtained this and he said look, after a certain amount of time when hunter biden didn't show up for his stuff, it became my possession. that's how they said they had it and disseminated that information. they're not sure how that's not anything that's protected by current law. it will be interesting to see how this case plays out. biden, as you can imagine, clearly upset about the invasion into his privacy. >> but the question is also raised. do you want to keep yourself in the news at this point. this is something that they thought was all going to more or less go away. >> i think there's a two handed -- if you're hunter biden and his attorneys, it's not going away because congress is going to continue to bring us into it, publish my stuff, continue to talk about it. case in point, the discussion we're having now. on the other hand is perhaps the view our white house team and our reporters and full team that covers this have looked at it from a politic

robert costello who represented giuliani from 2019 through the summer, alleges giuliani paid just a fractionnt payment last week totaling only $10,000. could it be that the trump hosted fund-raiser earlier this month at bedminster that rudy had begged for did not bring in the big dollars he was hoping for? perhaps trump would be willing to host another down at mar-a-lago. joining me now is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of michigan law school. a quick note just on giuliani, barb. he was very wealthy and made a lot of many after 9/11, you know, sort of hawking his reputation. but he had a divorce from his third wife, judy nathan, and had to pay a lot of money. he was unable to work as a lawyer because of disciplinary aekzs against him for the big lie. the suspension of his law license in new york and an ethics committee in washington recommend he be disbarred in d.c. he recently put his upper east side apartment in new york up for sale for $6.5 million. the financial troubles that giuliani has had, if his lawyer is suing him, is there a world in which no

the lawyer, robert costello, represented giuliani in the federal investigation of the attack on the u.scase in georgia, where he faces 13 felony charges. giuliani released a statement claiming the bill is in excess of any legitimate fees. meanwhile, a new book by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson claims giuliani groped her the day of the assault on the capitol. and as adriana diaz reports, she's not the first woman to make such claims against him. >> hutchinson wrote that on january 6th giuliani was smiling like a cheshire cat and waving a sack of documents telling her, quote, we have the evidence, it's all here, we're going to pull this off. that was before he allegedly groped her. >> we will never give up. we will never concede. >> reporter: it was backstage at this speech on the day of the capitol insurrection that cassidy hutchinson says former president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani groped her. in an excerpt from hutchinson's new book, obtained by "the guardian," she wrote of giuliani, "rudy wraps one arm around my body, closing the space that was separating us. i lower my

the lawyer, it's not just his lawyer, it's his longtime kind of good friend and mentee, robert costelloalso to hide his assets. and now that's where i think he will get hammered by the judge. we're seeing what could happen in other fields if trump continues to stay intransigent. giuliani could show and up say he's broke, and the judge could say, let's see it. the reason he got from this discovery scrape that made him pay this discreet amount of money he stiffed them on so far is because he didn't want to comply with the orders to open his book. the judge won't tolerate that now. he can't both not pay and refuse to try to justify why. he is in a world of hurt. and you have to imagine, you know, maybe he can delay a few days. but he's first going to have to play an open hand, which he's tried desperately to avoid, then still have to pay. and this is just the prelude to the trial itself, which he now must attend and where his potential liability is stratospheric. >> we know he asked for a meeting with jack smith's investigators. can you just -- where does that degree of desperation or will

biden is suing former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, as well as giuliani's former attorney, robert costelloons of computer fraud and data access. the new lawsuit claims that hunter's data was manipulated, altered and damaged prior to it being sent to costello and giuliani, and that the pair were involved in the illegal hacking and tampering of the devices. the lawsuit says in a footnote that the suit does not constitute an admission by hunter biden. nbc news is in the process of reaching out to giuliani and costello for comment. the suit is seeking over $75,000 in damages and attorneys' fees. >>> coming up, quote, the bodies keep coming. that's the title of the new book from one trauma surgeon, as he gives his take on violence, racism, and healing. the doctor will join us with what he is seeing firsthand. >>> plus, senator debbie stabenow of michigan will be our guest ahead of president biden's trip today to her state, and to join the united auto workers on the picket line. "morning joe" will be right back. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins

that's according to a lawsuit from robert costello who alleges giuliani failed to pay him and his lawsay giuliani made a partial payment of $10,000 last week. in response, giuliani criticized the lawsuit a costello saying, quote, i can't expre h personally hurt i am byha bob costello has done. it's a real shame when lawyers do things like this, and all i will say is their bill is in excess of anything approaching appropriate fees. donald trump raised money to help with giuliani's legal defense fund. unclear how much the event actually raised for giuliani personally, but clearly he is having some trouble with his bills, mika. >> i mean, who didn't see this coming. that is as pathetic as this whole situation is with rudy giuliani. it was so obvious trump was not going to pay any of their legal bills, holding fundraisers instead, and now he's getting sued. didn't see it coming, did you. >>> all right, house republicans continue to fight amongst themselves over two critical bills to fund the military and full government. on the government funding front, a vote planned for yesterday was sc

>> it's got to really hurt him that robert costello, his own lawyer, is suing him for $1.3 million inod. >> he's also ignoring judge's orders. giuliani failed to comply with the judge's order to turn over evidence and pay the legal fees of ruby freeman and shaye moss, the election workers that he accused of committing election fraud. moss testified that her mother's and her lives have been destroyed because giuliani lied about them. >> defamed them. and they won. >> right now he's just ignoring a judge's order. >> i think it's because he can't afford to pay. a judge already ruled against giuliani. >> so he's liable. >> he's liable. it's not a question of how much. he won't turn over documents because i don't think he's worth very much. he's trying to sell his home in manhattan. he's in a lot of trouble. >> if a judge tells you to do something, he's got to comply or he's held in contempt. >> correct. eventually i think he ends up in prison because he's the subject of the rico case in fulton county. remember roy cohen, he died penniless, friendless, all alone and disgraced. that's where