Pigs on the wing, Teresa Giudice, husband Joe Giudice released on $1 million bond after hearing on fraud charges

[Liberals At Their Best]

Reality TV stars Teresa and Joe Giudice were their crassy selves
Tuesday as they went before a judge to answer federal fraud
charges.

The thick-necked husband of �The Real Housewives of New Jersey�
star slapped a news camera out of his way as he and his moll
made their way into Newark�s federal courthouse.

�Calm down, Joe,� his lawyer, Miles Feinstein, pleaded. �Don't
do that.�

Teresa, dressed in a white pants suit, and Joe, encased in a
dark suit, looked like they were digesting bad scungilli as
Judge Cathy Waldor ordered them released on $500,000 bond each.

�Yes,� they each answered tensely when Waldor asked them if they
understood.

Neither entered a plea.

While Joe was released on a bond secured by his pop, Frank,
Teresa didn�t need anybody to sign for her. That�s because she
brings home the bacon in this family.

Teresa is paid $36,000-per-episode, or about $750,000 a season,
sources told The Daily News. And she has parlayed her notoriety
into a series of cookbooks and a specialty food line called
�Skinny Italian� that has made her thousands more.

Waldor also ordered the Giudice�s to turn in their passports and
limit their travels to the Garden State and New York.

Joe Giudice, whose real first name is Giuseppe, is an Italian
citizen and could face deportation if convicted.

That didn�t sit well with his mom, Filomena.

�None of your f-----g business,� she snapped, when a reporter
asked about the prospect of her boy being booted out of the
country.

�Worry about yourself.�

�Go to hell,� Frank Giudice chimed in.

The accused couple, who are due back in court Aug. 14, refused
to speak with reporters.

Frank Giudice first gave reporters the finger � then bent over
and displayed his backside � when they returned to his son�s
$1.7 million Montville Township mansion.

�They profess their innocence,� Feinstein said. �A coin has two
sides. There is another side here that you haven't heard, but
you'll hear in the courtroom.�

Teresa's lawyer, Henry Klingeman, claimed his client is �being
targeted because of her celebrity� and insisted �the family's
handling themselves with great dignity.�

Noting that Teresa does not have a criminal record, Klingeman
added, �We hope that she's vindicated and spends no time in jail.

But it's a federal case and there's always a risk of jail.�

U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman declined to say whether they offered
the Giudice�s a deal.

�We're confident that we have enough evidence to convict the
defendants beyond a reasonable doubt,� he said.

Teresa, 41, and her 43-year-old husband are accused of
exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their
reality TV show debuted in 2009 � then hiding how well they were
doing in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired.

The combustible couple were were charged in a 39-count
indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank
fraud, making false statements on loan applications and
bankruptcy fraud.

Teresa in Sept. 2001 falsely claimed in a $121,500 mortgage
application that she worked four years for Modern Era Investment
Corp., making $3,750 a month, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors contend she actually was unemployed from January
2001 to 2008.

Meanwhile Joe � an entrepreneur who has run everything from a
stucco company to a pizzeria � failed to file tax returns for
2004 through 2008, when he is alleged to have earned nearly $1
million.

Joe also obtained fraudulent construction loans of about
$800,000 and $1.7 million, according to the indictment.

Conviction on all counts could send them both to jail for up to
50 years.

Joe is no stranger to the legal system. He was busted for drunk
driving last year and then spent 10 days in jail after it was
discovered he was driving on a suspended license.

He is also facing charges in Passaic County that he used his
brother�s identity to obtain a driver�s license.

Teresa is one of five Garden State gals featured in the Bravo
series, which is now in its fifth season and which chronicles
their lavish and often cheesy lifestyles. In recent years, her
manipulative and combatative behavior as made her the villain
the quintet.

Her husband is no prize, either. He has been caught on camera
calling Teresa a �bitch� and a �c--t.�

Klingeman said they should not be judged by how they come off on
the show. �While it�s called reality television, I'm not sure
everything you see on the show is real,� he said.

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