Forged Checks, Letters to Joe Biden: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Go on the Offense

On Thursday, Tom Girardi's public defender, cross-examining an IRS special agent, brought up missing pieces of the government's criminal investigation against his client.

August 16, 2024 at 09:35 AM

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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline

By Amanda Bronstad
staff reporter

The original version of this story was published on The Recorder

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Public defender Charles Snyder also introduced emails that Tom Girardi, 85, who suffered from cognitive decline, was victim to a scam involving a purported $5 billion check and then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Tom Girardi's lawyer also questioned why an IRS agent investigating his client didn't look at dozens of Girardi Keese checks that appeared to be forged.
To demonstrate a more complete assessment of Girardi's mental state, prosecutor Ali Moghaddas played a 2019 clip of an episode of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.'

An Internal Revenue Service special agent who reviewed Girardi Keese's financial records as part of the federal government's criminal case against Tom Girardi grew visibly frustrated on Thursday as one of the plaintiffs' lawyer's public defenders attempted to poke holes in his investigation.

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