Rudy Giuliani

'Big': Giuliani causes confusion and conspiracy theories with one-letter comment

Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani spurred confusion and conspiracy theories among his own followers on Saturday, by posting a single letter on his social media.

Giuliani, an ally of President Donald Trump who recently volunteered to take the job of special counsel and prosecute Joe Biden after it was revealed that the former president has prostate cancer, took to X over the weekend to post what could have been a mistaken letter.

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'They won't call me back': Rudy Giuliani being frozen out after 'dramatic U-turn' on Trump

Donald Trump confidante Rudy Giuliani says he can't get a call back from the White House after he started criticizing the President's top Cabinet officials.

Giuliani "made a dramatic U-turn over President Donald Trump's 'crooked' choices after years of working as his fixer," according to the Daily Mail. It cites Giuliani's recent interview with conservative pundit Eric Bolling.

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Rudy Giuliani reaches 'global settlement' to end fight with defamed election workers

Rudy Giuliani has reportedly reached a "global settlement" in his fight with two women he defamed with election interference claims

Legal analyst Andrew Torrez, a lawyer and podcast host, posted a screenshot of a letter Thursday to Judge Lewis Liman stating that Giuliani had reached the "global settlement" with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

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'It's never going to stop?' Judge threatens Rudy Giuliani with jail if contempt continues

Rudy Giuliani has been found in contempt of court again, but this time, the judge is using a different tactic.

Thus far, Judge Beryl Howell has not held Giuliani accountable for contempt, but those days are ending. Giuliani appeared before the court on Friday, and the judge mandated that he sign a sworn declaration saying evidence at a 2023 defamation trial refuted his claims about Freeman and Moss. If he doesn't sign the paper, he'll be issued a $200 fee for each day he refuses or ultimately jailed.

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'Outrageous and shameful': Judge admonishes Giuliani as he's held in contempt — again

Rudy Giuliani has been held in contempt of court a second time, NBC News reported.

The ruling, which came after a tense hearing on Friday, is the latest in the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump ally's saga with Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who won a $148 million default judgment against him over his defamatory allegations they tampered with ballots in the 2020 election in Georgia.

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Judge just called Rudy Giuliani's bluff: Legal analyst

A legal analyst said the judge presiding over Rudy Giuliani's defamation case just called the Trump ally's bluff.

Lisa Rubin noticed an update from Judge Beryl Howell, who is presiding over Giuliani's case in Washington D.C.

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'I was really in deep trouble': Giuliani claims Trump 'enormously supportive' financially

Rudy Giuliani claimed President-elect Donald Trump had been "enormously supportive personally" as the former mayor admitted to being in "really deep trouble" financially.

One America News Network host Matt Gaetz spoke to Giuliani this week after he was found to be in contempt on Monday related to the $148 million defamation judgment against him. The disgraced mayor was ordered to turn over his assets, including a Mercedes-Benz convertible and watches, for defaming former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. He was previously forced to give up his multi-million Manhattan apartment.

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'Total mockery': Giuliani's lawyer lashes out after he's found in contempt of court

Rudy Giuliani's attorney responded to Monday's decision holding the former New York City mayor and close Donald Trump ally in contempt of court with a furious, extended rant alleging the entire ruling was a miscarriage of justice.

"It’s tragic to watch as our justice system has been turned into a total mockery, where we have charades instead of actual hearings and trials," said Ted Goodman in a statement provided to Raw Story. "Unfortunately, it’s getting worse and worse because so few members of the legal community are willing to speak up or do anything about the weaponization of our justice system, and that needs to change."

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'Never going to be made whole': Expert says Giuliani can't pay defamed poll workers

Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss will likely recover some of the damages they are owed by Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani for falsely smearing them as trying to rig the 2020 election — but not even close to what he owes, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

The simple reason for this, he explained, is that Giuliani — whose legal problems were compounded earlier in the day by being held in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to discovery requests in that case — does not have the assets required to pay the full amount.

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'Disbarred deadbeat': Critics mock Rudy Giuliani after he's found in contempt of court

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was held in contempt of court on Monday as part of ongoing litigation from two election workers in Georgia he is accused of spreading lies about in the wake of the 2020 election.

Giuliani was ordered to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million in damages after a jury found in their favor in the defamation case over a year ago.

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Federal judge finds Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for discovery violations

A federal judge has found former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for discovery violations.

Trump-appointee Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled Monday that Giuliani failed to properly respond to requests for information in the discovery phase of his $148 million defamation judgment in favor of two Georgia election workers.

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'That's a lie': Legal analyst squashes Giuliani excuse for lawyers' resignation

Rudy Giuliani's lawyers have resigned from his case, and his new lawyer is working to make up false excuses for abandoning his client, according to a legal analyst.

Legal analyst Andrew Torrez pointed to a Monday filing in which Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan unsealed part of the motion to withdraw as Giuliani's counsel.

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Rudy Giuliani misses court-mandated deadline to respond to contempt motion: report

Embattled Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani missed a deadline to reply to a motion arguing he should be held in contempt, according to a report.

"Mr. Giuliani ... was fully aware of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Civil Contempt, as well as the Court’s Order scheduling a hearing on the Motion for December 12, 2024," said a new filing to the court, brought by attorneys representing Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. "The Court should grant the Motion for Civil Contempt as conceded, should enter an order that Mr. Giuliani is in civil contempt, and the December 12, 2024 hearing should be narrowed to focus on the appropriate civil contempt sanction for Mr. Giuliani’s violation of the consent injunction."

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