As the threat of civil contempt hangs over their client’s head, attorneys for Rudy Giuliani told a judge they want to stop representing him in a case involving a $148 million debt Giuliani owes to two election workers he defamed in 2020.

"A lawyer may withdraw from representing a client when: . . . (4) the client insistsupon taking action with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement; . . . (6)the client insists upon presenting a claim or defense that is not warranted underexisting law and cannot be supported by good faith argument for an extension,

Rudolph W. Giuliani’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Wednesday for permission to withdraw as his counsel, citing unspecified professional ethics issues related to Mr. Giuliani’s turning over assets to two women he defamed in 2020.

The request comes one day before the former Trump attorney is supposed to turn over property and financial records to the two election workers he defamed.

The lawyers who have been representing Rudy Giuliani are trying to quit his debt enforcement case because of disagreements with him, according to new court filings, as a Friday deadline nears for the former New York City mayor to turn over many of his most valuable possessions to two Georgia election workers to whom he owes nearly $150 million.

Rudy Giuliani says he struggling and "can't buy food" after a judge ordered him to turn over his prized assets to two former Fulton County election workers.