Mary Trump Warns 'Walls Are Closing In' on Trump's Friends

Former President Donald Trump's estranged niece Mary Trump says that Rudy Giuliani's declaration of bankruptcy shows "the walls are closing in" on her uncle's close associates.

Giuliani, former New York City mayor and ex-personal lawyer to Donald Trump, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, less than a week after he was ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers that he falsely accused of fraud.

Mary Trump said that she was "celebrating" the news in an email and Substack post, soliciting paid subscribers a short time later. Trump said that Giuliani would "be remembered now as one more pathetic man who lost everything just so he could be Donald's lapdog and remain connected to power."

"Rudy's assets will be dissected and scoured and he will pay a tremendous price for holding Donald's water," Trump wrote. "I don't know about you, but I find it heartening that Donald's accomplices are finally starting to get their comeuppance."

"The walls are closing in and justice is coming," she added. "I have my [popcorn] ready. Will you join me in celebrating?"

Newsweek reached out for comment to the office of the former president via email on Thursday.

In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Mary Trump wrote that "RUDY IS OFFICIALLY BROKE," while asserting that "legal experts" have concluded he "will NOT be able to evade paying the massive judgment against him."

The experts that Trump cited include former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, who told MSNBC that the bankruptcy filing would not result in Giuliani being able to "avoid" paying Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the election workers who sued him.

Attorney John Langford also told MSNBC that Moss and Freeman's legal team would "ensure that what [Giuliani] has rightly goes to Ruby and Shaye" by working "diligently to track down every asset that he has."

Giuliani is far from the only ally of the former president to face legal difficulties stemming from the aftermath of the 2020 election.

Alongside Trump and Giuliani, 17 other associates and allies of the ex-president were indicted on election-related felony charges in Fulton County, Georgia, earlier this year.

Some of the Georgia co-defendants—including former Trump lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro—agreed to plea deals. Prosecutors reportedly declined to offer a similar deal to Giuliani.

Mary Trump suggested in a Substack post on Wednesday that her uncle could soon face his own defamation lawsuit from Freeman and Moss, pointing out his actions during a December 2020 rally in Georgia.

At the rally, a video that falsely claimed to show Freeman and Moss engaging in fraud was shown before Donald Trump lamented, "the crime of what those Democrat workers were doing."

Trump also referred to Freeman as a "professional vote scammer and hustler" during his infamous post-election phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, when he asked the Republican official to "find" enough votes to overturn his loss.

In an interview shared to Mary Trump's Substack, attorney Joe Gallina argued that "Donald Trump could 100% be sued by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss for defamation—and they could win."

"Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss successfully argued all four elements – telling a lie, broadcasting it, showing malice, and harm – which were needed to prove defamation in court against Rudy Giuliani," he added. "Donald Trump appears to have committed all four as well."