Giuliani faces angry judge and creditors seeking accurate account of his finances

Rudy Giuliani faced angry creditors and a frustrated judge at his latest bankruptcy hearing.

The former New York City mayor appeared in court Monday to face questions about his finances, and his creditors asked the bankruptcy judge to appoint an independent trustee to take over his personal and business dealings because they're growing suspicious that he's hiding money, reported the New York Times.

“There are reasons to be very concerned here,” agreed Judge Sean H. Lane of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York.

The appointment would take away some of the protections Giuliani enjoyed after filing bankruptcy in December because he owes $153 million to about 20 individuals and entities, including a whopping $148 million to a mother-daughter pair of Georgia election workers he defamed while working as Donald Trump's attorney.

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Giuliani's reports to the court about his spending have been described as confusing and incomplete, but his lawyers argued those deficiencies were because he could not find a bookkeeper or accountant to work for him, which the judge said was "exceedingly rare" in such cases.

One of Giuliani's lawyers told the court that he had received an email earlier that morning from an individual interested in the bookkeeping job, and he said the former mayor's monthly finances for last month should be filed within days, although he's broken similar promises before.