A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for violating a court order that barred him from making false and defamatory statements against two Georgia election workers after they secured a $148 million defamation judgement against the former New York City mayor in 2023.
"The court holds that the defendant Mr. Giuliani violated the final injunction and the consent agreement, and he therefore is in contempt of this court," U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said Friday.
Last week, a federal judge in New York also held Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to turn over personal property and information to the two election workers.
Howell admonished Giuliani for continuing to spread lies about Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in November and saying she hoped that sitting through trial and agreeing to a consent judgement would have made Giuliani "stop saying such fabricated lies."
The judge asked Giuliani, "$148 million wasn't a sufficient incentive to stop the defamation?"
During the hearing, Giuliani took the stand briefly to go over bank documents from Giuliani's bankruptcy case that showed his assets and liabilities that Giuliani has claimed are exempt assets including his house in Palm Beach valued at $3.5 million.
When asked to verify bank accounts, Giuliani said, "They're not my accounts, I don't have access to them." The former mayor said that because his accounts were frozen and because he is not able to withdraw from them, the bank...
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