Note, the fact he said to the press that everything he said was true, doubling down in the most bold faced way one day before the case was handed to the jury maybe wasn't the wisest move.
His lawyer literally had to resort to "Please don't bankrupt this man, he was mayor during 9/11, remember that?" as the defense as there was nothing left to work with defensively
and now he's insisting he never had a chance to defend himself (because he neglected to do so at every opportunity, to the point the Judge called bullshit and rendered judgement)