Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Rudy Giuliani and others for defamation over their role in spreading 2020 election lies, alleged that the former New York City mayor is using bogus excuses to avoid turning over documents in the case.
The company said Giuliani, a former personal attorney for Donald Trump, has not submitted any files, apart from two tweets, in essence defying their request, which was made over a year ago, according to CNN.
“‘The dog ate my homework.’ ‘I have to wash my hair.’ ‘I can’t go out, I’m sick.’ Since the dawn of time, people have made up excuses to avoid doing things they do not want to do,” the company said in a court filing. “This is exactly what Giuliani has done here.”
Smartmatic has asked a New York judge to step in and compel Giuliani to comply with their files request, among other things.
The documents in question pertain to his schemes to undermine the 2020 election results as well as his Fox News guest appearances, CNN said.
Other defendants named in Smartmatic’s suit are Fox News as well as hosts Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, and another lawyer involved in Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 election result, Sidney Powell.
The $2.7 billion lawsuit alleges the company was irreparably harmed by baseless claims that it was somehow interfering with the 2020 contest.
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