A spokesperson for Rudy Giuliani mentioned that the previous New York mayor, who was ordered by a federal choose at hand over his belongings to 2 Georgia election staff in a defamation case, was “unfairly punished” and claimed that the order was an try and “bully and intimidate him into silence.”
“Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a person who has improved the lives of extra folks by public service than virtually every other residing American, is being unfairly punished by partisan, political activists who’re making an attempt to make an instance out of him,” Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman mentioned in a press release to The Hill.
“It is painfully clear. They are attempting to bully and intimidate him into silence through the weaponization of our justice system and through obvious lawfare,” Goodman continued.
Goodman’s assertion comes within the wake of a ruling by a federal choose Tuesday ordering the previous mayor to relinquish a lot of his property inside seven days — together with his New York condo, Mercedes-Benz, luxurious watches and a few of his money, amongst different gadgets.
The ruling comes after a jury in 2023 discovered Giuliani defamed election staff Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss by baselessly claiming they engaged in election fraud and ordered him to pay them almost $150 million. Giuliani froze the account and filed for chapter, however a choose threw him out of chapter for a scarcity of transparency, permitting the election staff to gather on the judgment.
Freeman and Moss are anticipated to obtain far much less since Giuliani disclosed solely $10.6 million in belongings to the chapter court docket.
Giuliani had consented to a lot of the order, however he objected to permitting them to sue former President Trump for the funds till after the election. He’s additionally combating to retain his Palm Seaside, Fla., condominium by declaring it his homestead — the choose mentioned Giuliani may stay in management for now.
Within the assertion, Goodman talked about that the order “forces” Giuliani to surrender “deeply personal belongings” and listed a private present from a childhood hero of the previous mayor’s and a present from the primary troopers who entered Afghanistan after Sept. 11.
The order additionally restricts Giuliani’s entry to his private financial institution accounts and bank cards, in addition to his enterprise accounts, which is “a failed effort to crush his highly successful two-hour livestream program on X and his other social media platforms,” Goodman mentioned.
“Mayor Giuliani has faith that justice will ultimately prevail, and he will be fully vindicated, just as he had been in countless other situations,” he added.
