Rudy Giuliani faces $89,000 bill for refusing to turn over evidence: report
Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani faces an $89,000 legal bill for refusing to turn over evidence to the attorneys representing two Georgia pollworkers he spread lies about in the wake of the 2020 election, reported The Daily Beast.
"Following a federal judge’s order sanctioning Giuliani last month — and ordering him to pay legal fees for wasting everyone’s time — the poll workers’ lawyers on Wednesday submitted a legal bill in court totaling $89,172," reported Jose Pagliery. "It's less than half of what they say they normally charge for the time they spent dealing with Giuliani's antics."
According to the report, Judge Beryll Howell will have the final say on what to assess in attorneys' fees. She has already ruled that Giuliani "'arbitrarily limited his search' of an email server and 'conducted only an imprecise ‘manual search’ of his text messages,' causing a ten-month delay — only to later surprise the opposing side with another 4,000 pages of evidence," Pagliery noted.
The two election workers in question, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, sued Giuliani for defamation after he falsely claimed they were pulling ballots out of a suitcase to stuff the box for Biden, a claim that they say opened them up to harassment and threats and ruined their lives.
They are also suing One America News Network, which promoted the false claims.
On top of all of this, Giuliani is currently facing investigation by special counsel Jack Smith as part of the January 6 probe, which could lead to criminal charges against Trump himself. He is also facing potential disbarment in Washington, D.C., for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, after his license to practice law in New York was suspended two years ago.