 It would also apply to spouses and top executive branch officials. Senator Hawley says he's working to get other Republicans to join the effort. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol. A judge says he's leaning toward throwing out former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case. That's after Giuliani's lawyers and his biggest creditors agreed it represented the best path forward. This missile would end Giuliani's efforts to seek bankruptcy protection, though not let him off the hook.