Two Georgia election officials who won a $146 million defamation judgment in 2020 over Rudy Giuliani's unsubstantiated claims of mass election fraud appeared on Giuliani's recent nightly show 2. He is accusing her of defaming him again in the book.
Lawyers for election officials Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss are asking the judge who oversaw last year's defamation trial to hold Giuliani in civil contempt and sanction him for his comments. Ta.
The development comes after Giuliani baselessly claimed on two episodes of “America's Mayor Live” last week that workers were “quadruple-counting” 2020 ballots. .
Lawyers for the election board said the former New York mayor was in “brazen violation” of a court injunction preventing him from continuing to allege that Mr. Freeman and Mr. Moss engaged in fraud.
“These statements repeat the very same lies for which Mr. Giuliani has already been held accountable and agreed to be bound by court order not to repeat them,” their attorneys wrote. Submission to court. “They constitute clear violations of the consent injunction.”
“The court should hold Mr. Giuliani in civil contempt, hold a hearing if necessary, and impose sanctions calculated to ensure that Mr. Giuliani complies with the consent injunction.”
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, ordered Giuliani to respond in writing by Dec. 2 and scheduled an in-person hearing in Washington, D.C., for Dec. 12. Giuliani must attend.
Ted Goodman, Mr. Giuliani's spokesman, called the effort a “disingenuous and duplicitous attack.”
“Mayor Giuliani has every right under the First Amendment to defend himself, especially since the other side has consistently leaked to the press,” Goodman said. “The ongoing lawsuit against Mayor Giuliani must end. It is disgusting to see these people try to destroy this good and honest man who has dedicated his life to serving others. It is abhorrent and completely outrageous.”
“Mayor Giuliani brought down the Mafia, cleaned up New York City, and consoled the people after September 11th,” he added.
The civil contempt push comes as election officials began receiving a portion of Mr. Giuliani's assets after a months-long battle to recover a $146 million judgment. The recovery amount is expected to be much lower, given that President-elect Trump's former personal attorney has disclosed only about $10 million in assets.
One of Mr. Giuliani's lawyers said in a court filing that Mr. Giuliani turned over his Mercedes-Benz, a watch, a ring and cash in his bank account. The parties are still at odds over whether Mr. Giuliani should turn over other properties, including a Florida condominium.
Lawyers for Mr. Freeman and Mr. Moss suggested that Mr. Giuliani has additional assets that he does not need to turn over to satisfy a defamation judgment that could result in new civil contempt penalties.
