Rudy Giuliani has prosecuted 5000 cases??

[brettdale]

How come no one has called him up on this statement?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. As the US Attorney for SDNY, it's quite possible that

his office prosecuted that many cases. It doesn't mean he tried all of them personally - only that he was the supervising attorney. And a lot of those cases were probably relatively minor drug cases that would have been subject to federal jurisdiction.

[Takket]

2. let's do some math

fuckface is 74. He graduated law school in 1968 and was mayor of NYC for 8 years (so he surely wasn't prosecuting during that time) so that leaves 42 years of prosecuting.

That means he has prosecuted 119 cases a year. There are 260 "working days" in a year and someone like giuliani surely gets at least 4 weeks vacation over the course of his career, as well as 5 standard holidays, so that leaves 235 working days.

So that means he has prosecuted a case once every 2 days over the course of his career.

WOW, that is some high speed lawyering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. His office could have done it: the SDNY employs about 200 lawyers.

He was US Attorney for SDNY for 6 years. It would have been quite easy for 200 lawyers to prosecute 500 cases in 6 years but Giuliani didn't do it all by himself. In fact, as the boss of the office he was primarily an administrator who would have personally tried only the most high-profile cases, and that with the help of others in the office.

[SCantiGOP]

5. That's right

Every prosecutor who runs for re-election, or another office, talks about how many cases he or she prosecuted, and they are referring to how many cases their office closed.
So the number is probably correct.

[marybourg]

8. He primarily posed in front of the Great Seal of the United States

in the vestibule of his office suite, giving interviews and blocking the path in and out for those doing the actual work. Don’t ask how I know.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. No surprise. He's always been a grandstander.

[brush]

3. One thing's for sure. He's past his sell-by date.

He keeps making blunder after blunder after stupid statement that contradicts what he said earlier on his cable appearances.

[UTUSN]

6. So 5K out there have grounds for malicious prosecution?!1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. No, of course not.