Rudy Giuliani’s legal defense fund isn’t actually spending much on legal fees.
So far during the 2026 election cycle, only a fraction of Giuliani Defense spending has gone toward legal fees, according to the latest report filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. Of the more than $1.2 million Giuliani Defense has spent so far this cycle, most of the money has gone to fundraising consultants for mailing and postage.
That includes $442,000 to Texas-based fundraising service provider American Caging and $227,000 to Rockwell Solutions, a Leesburg, Virginia-based fundraising consulting firm.
Giuliani Defense also raised more than $1.2 million since the beginning of 2025, with money often coming from donors identified as retirees. Since July, almost all of the group’s donors who gave more than $200 are listed as retirees.
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Neither American Caging nor Rockwell Solutions immediately responded when asked if the materials were for fundraising related to Giuliani’s legal defense fund.
Neither Andrew Giuliani, the elder Giuliani’s son and founder of Giuliani Defense, nor the political committee’s treasurer, Robert Kiger, responded to requests for comment.
Giuliani Defense did pay Gessler Blue Law $57,700 for legal fees in March 2026.
The Denver-based law firm represented Giuliani in the high-profile defamation case brought by the former executive of Dominion Voting Systems, one of several legal issues related to Giuliani’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Giuliani Defense formed in August 2023 to help cover the cost of this and other legal judgments, including another defamation suit won by two Georgia women that Giuliani settled in January 2025.
President Donald Trump hosted a fundraiser in September 2023 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to help Giuliani raise money for his legal defense, NBC News reported at the time.
Giuliani Defense raised more than $1 million during the 2024 election cycle, with more than $743,000 going toward legal fees, according to FEC data.
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