Rudy Giuliani has been held in contempt of court in the 2020 election defamation case
A federal judge has held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to comply with requests for information about his assets related to his defamation suit ordering him to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers.
The Associated Press reported that New York-based US District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that the former Trump lawyer and New York mayor “willfully violated an ambiguous court order” when he “missed” the December 20 deadline to submit the information.
Liman said Giuliani “tried to run the clock by stalling” and withheld information about assets he could use to pay Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss after accusing them of fraud during the 2020 election.
RUDY GIULIANI IS SET TO RUN FOR LAW IN NEW YORK AFTER STATEMENTS TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION.
Rudy Giuliani, who was the personal lawyer of the former US President Donald Trump, from E. Barrett Prettyman of the US District Courthouse on Dec. 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Anger/Getty Images)
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This comes after Giuliani, 80, testified for three hours on Friday and again on Monday explaining the delay in sharing information about his assets.
Liman said that he will issue sanctions to Giuliani for this disrespect, which he will decide later.
Another trial scheduled for Jan. 16 will determine whether the New York Yankees World Series ring and Giuliani's Florida home can be used to help pay off his debt to Freeman and Moss.
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