BIG NUMBER

$325

That's the price for Rudy Giuliani to tell you a story or wish you a happy birthday.

The longtime Donald Trump adviser, facing mounting legal bills and a criminal investigation, said on Tuesday he had signed up for Cameo, a website that lets celebrities sell video greetings to fans.

Giuliani's page on Cameo initially listed the price of a video message as US$199. But sometime on Wednesday, the price was changed to US$325. In June, Giuliani's allies created a “Freedom Fund” for public donations to help the former New York mayor and Manhattan U.S. attorney with his legal woes.

Giuliani's business dealings with Ukrainian oligarchs while he was working as a lawyer for Trump, the former president, are the subject of a probe by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. Giuliani has denied claims of wrongdoing, and his lawyers have suggested the investigation is politically motivated.

He also faces a US$1.3 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems, the equipment maker he falsely asserted stole the 2020 presidential election from Trump by flipping votes.

He has argued his statements were free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.