Two Georgia election workers asked a federal judge late Tuesday to impose “severe sanctions” against former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani as part of their lawsuit accusing him of defamation for claims made after the 2020 election, arguing the lawyer should be punished after he failed to turn over evidence in the case—even after he was already forced to pay more than $89,000 in fees.
Election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who became the subject of a far-right conspiracy theory involving election fraud, said in a court filing that Giuliani should be sanctioned after he failed to take steps to preserve and turn over his electronic communications like text messages and emails as part of discovery in the case.
The election workers said communications they found through other means—like document requests to people Giuliani messaged with—suggest there are “many” records that Giuliani could turn over that would be relevant to the case, but he and his counsel failed to provide them.
The motion for sanctions was filed after the plaintiffs reached an agreement with Giuliani’s counsel on the evidence, but were then informed on Monday that Giuliani “did not agree” and thus the settlement was “not achievable,” according to the court filing.
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