Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor, was found in contempt of court for failing to comply with evidence requests in a defamation case involving two Georgia election workers.
A federal judge in New York City ruled on Monday that Rudy Giuliani was in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers . Judge Lewis J.
Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with evidence production requests over the last few months.On Friday, Giuliani testified for about three hours in Liman's Manhattan courtroom, but the judge permitted him to finish testifying remotely on Monday from his condominium in Palm Beach, Florida. At the start of the hearing Monday, Giuliani had an American flag backdrop, which he said he uses for a program he conducts over the internet, but the judge told him to change it to a plain background. Giuliani conceded during Monday's testimony that he sometimes did not turn over everything requested because he believed the requests were overly broad or inappropriate or even a 'trap' set by lawyers for the plaintiffs. He also said he sometimes had trouble turning over information regarding his assets because of numerous criminal and civil court cases requiring him to produce factual information. Giuliani, 80, said the demands to turn over materials made it 'impossible to function in an official way' about 30% to 40% of the time. The election workers' lawyers say Giuliani has displayed a 'consistent pattern of willful defiance' of Liman's October order to give up assets after he was found liable in 2023 for defaming their clients by falsely accusing them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. They said in court papers that he has turned over a Mercedes-Benz and his New York apartment but not the paperwork necessary to monetize the asset
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