All posts tagged "Beryl Howell"

A federal judge used President Donald Trump's own boastful words against him to halt an executive order that took aim at a major Washington, D.C., law firm, reported MSNBC.

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell issued a permanent injunction to blockTrump from retaliating against Perkins Coie due to the president's political grievances. Trump's order had limited Perkins Coie lawyers' "access to government buildings, revoked their security clearances and ordered federal agencies to terminate contracts with the firm."

But Judge Howell found that the Trump administration had "singled out Perkins Coie based on the content of its speech and actions," which infringed up on the firm and its attorneys' First Amendment rights. ...

Judge Beryl Howell ordered Rudy Giuliani Wednesday to immediately pay $148 million to two Georgia poll workers who successfully sued him for defamation, court records show.

In a scathing 13-page order, Howell demands immediate enforcement to shorten the odds that Giuliani dodge the judgment in favor of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, explained legal analyst Harry Litman.

"He has far less ability to play tricks with or get rid of whatever assets he has," Litman said. "Big development and latest of series of sledgehammer blows against Rudy."...

The Georgia election poll worker Rudy Giuliani accused of injecting fake votes into the 2020 election was barraged by violent and racist threats that had her fearing for her life, she testified Tuesday.

Shaye Moss, 39, wiped away tears as she shared some of those messages with jurors in her $43 million civil defamation case against the man once known as America’s mayor, ABC News 7 reports.

“I literally felt like someone going to come and attempt to hang me and there's nothing that anyone will be able to do about it," Moss reportedly testified. ...

Rudy Giuliani’s attorney Monday compared his client to Johnny Depp’s ex-wife, likened civil litigation to the death penalty and wrapped up his opening statement in about five minutes, according to a reporter in the courtroom.

Joe Sibley’s slapdash summary came after Giuliani infuriated the Washington D.C. civil court judge overseeing two Georgia poll worker's $43 million civil defamation case by strolling into court late.

"It will be the end of Mr. Giuliani," Sibley reportedly told the court....