The 2 Georgia election employees who received a $146 million defamation judgment towards Rudy Giuliani over his baseless claims of mass election fraud in 2020 are accusing him of defaming them once more on two of his current nightly reveals.
Attorneys for Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the election employees, requested the choose who oversaw final yr’s defamation trial to carry Giuliani in civil contempt and sanction him for the statements.
The event comes after Giuliani on two episodes of his “America’s Mayor Live” present final week baselessly claimed the employees had been “quadruple counting” ballots in 2020.
The election employees’ attorneys stated the previous New York Metropolis mayor was “brazenly violating” a courtroom injunction that blocks him from persevering with to say that Freeman and Moss engaged in wrongdoing.
“These statements repeat the very same lies for which Mr. Giuliani has already been held liable, and which he agreed to be certain by courtroom order to cease repeating,” the duo’s attorneys wrote in court filings. “They represent unambiguous violations of the Consent Injunction.”
“The Court should hold Mr. Giuliani in civil contempt and—following a hearing, if necessary—impose sanctions calculated to ensure Mr. Giuliani’s compliance with the Consent Injunction,” they added.
U.S. District Decide Beryl Howell, an appointee of former President Obama, ordered Giuliani to reply in writing by Dec. 2 and scheduled an in individual listening to in Washington on Dec. 12. Giuliani is required to attend.
Ted Goodman, Giuliani’s spokesperson, referred to as the brand new effort a “dishonest and duplicitous attack.”
“Mayor Giuliani, under the First Amendment of the Constitution, has every right to defend himself, especially as the other side consistently leaks to the press,” Goodman stated. “The continuing lawfare towards Mayor Giuliani should finish. It is a full abomination, and completely outrageous, to look at these individuals attempt to destroy this good and sincere man who has devoted his life to serving others.”
“Mayor Giuliani took down the Mafia, cleaned up New York City, and comforted the nation following September 11,” he added
The push for civil contempt comes after the election employees started receiving a few of Giuliani’s belongings following a months-long battle to gather on the $146 million judgment. They’re anticipated to get better far much less, provided that President-elect Trump’s former private lawyer had disclosed solely roughly $10 million in belongings.
One in all Giuliani’s attorneys indicated in courtroom filings that he has now turned over his Mercedes-Benz, watches, a hoop and money in his financial institution accounts. The events are nonetheless battling over whether or not Giuliani should flip over different property, together with his Florida rental.
Freeman and Moss’s attorneys signaled Giuliani has further belongings that he doesn’t have to show over to fulfill the defamation judgment that would newly be taken as punishment, if he’s present in civil contempt.
