Major Democratic donors Convicted He was indicted Tuesday on charges of running a massive Ponzi scheme that siphoned millions of dollars from his victims.
Tom Girardi, 85, bragged about the influence he bought from politicians and called himself a “limousine liberal.” According to In the Los Angeles Times.
“The clients he wronged for so many years have now found true justice.”
A wealthy Los Angeles lawyer Bank Account He had withdrawn money from the account to pay for settlement agreements with clients, but he was also stealing money from the account to live a lavish lifestyle until his arrest.
“His clients turned to him for help after suffering significant trauma and injury, but he betrayed their trust and stole from them to fund his own lavish lifestyle, and he will now face the consequences of his actions,” IRS Criminal Agent Tyler Hatcher said.
Despite his financial collapse, Girardi continued to donate to prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California.
Few campaigns responded to questions about whether they would return ill-gotten funds from disgraced former lawyers, the Times reported.
Girardi was disbarred from the California bar in 2022 and his law firm was forced into bankruptcy.
He was the lawyer in the famous case dramatized in the popular film “Erin Brockovich.”
The Democrat is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 6 and faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the four wire fraud counts.
“Mr. Girardi falsely promoted himself in the media as a pillar of the legal community with a strong sense of justice, but his clients who have been wronged by him for years now have found true justice with today's verdict,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Akil Davis.
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