A federal judge in Manhattan found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to comply with asset disclosure requests related to a $148 million defamation judgment against him.
A federal judge in Manhattan found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court on Monday for failing to comply with information requests related to his assets, as he faces a $148 million defamation judgment awarded to two Georgia election workers . Judge Lewis J. Liman delivered the ruling after hearing Giuliani testify during a two-day contempt hearing.
The hearing was prompted by allegations from the election workers’ lawyers that Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and personal attorney to Donald Trump, had not adhered to court orders to turn over assets or provide necessary documentation.On Friday, Giuliani testified in Liman’s Manhattan courtroom for approximately three hours. The judge allowed Giuliani, 80, to conclude his testimony remotely on Monday from his Palm Beach, Florida, condominium. At the start of the virtual session, Giuliani appeared with an American flag backdrop, which he said he uses for his online program. The judge instructed him to change it to a plain background.During Monday’s testimony, Giuliani admitted to withholding certain materials, claiming some requests were overly broad, inappropriate, or designed as a 'trap' by the plaintiffs’ attorneys. He also cited the strain of ongoing criminal and civil cases, which he said consumed significant time and resources, making it about 30% to 40% of the time 'impossible to function in an official way.'The defamation case stems from Giuliani’s false claims that the election workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea 'Shaye' Moss, tampered with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. In 2023, Giuliani was found liable for defaming them, leading to the substantial judgment. Lawyers for Freeman and Moss accused Giuliani of exhibiting a 'consistent pattern of willful defiance' of Liman’s October order to liquidate assets to satisfy the judgmen
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