Rudy Giuliani Has Been Ordered to Hand Over Manhattan Apartment, Luxury Watches, Valuables- to Georgia Election Workers

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to turn over a large amount of valuables, his Penthouse apartment in Manhattan, and a load of sentimental belongings — and potentially more properties that have yet to be determined — by a federal judge.

The property and valuables will be given to Georgia election workers who won a defamation suit against Giuliani for statements he made questioning the integrity of the vote count — specifically the allegation made by Giuliani that Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss allegedly committed election fraud when counting ballots in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election.

The following is a CNN report with Michael Gottlieb, the attorney for the Georgia election workers, on the judgment and the assets included in the decision by the judge requiring Giuliani to hand over these specific items to be auctioned off and sold to satisfy the judgment awarded to them.

“We’re gonna fight for every dollar for our clients to satisfy this judgment.”

The attorney for the election workers Rudy Giuliani defamed speaks to OutFront after a judge ordered Giuliani to turn over his NYC penthouse pic.twitter.com/Rw7Yuew68r

— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) October 22, 2024

According to a CNN report, Judge Lewis Liman has given Giuliani seven days to turn over a litany of his belongings to a receivership which Freeman and Moss will control.  Ultimately, the two women will be entitled to approximately $2,000,000 million dollars in legal fees that Giuliani is reportedly still owed, on top of the $150,000,000 million dollars that the transfer of belongings is intended to represent.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million.

Judge Lewis Liman of the federal court in Manhattan said Giuliani must turn over his interest in the property to the women in seven days, to a receivership they will control. The judge’s turnover order of the luxury items is swift and simple, but the penthouse apartment will have its control transferred so Freeman and Moss can sell it, potentially for millions of dollars.

The women, who counted Georgia ballots after the 2020 election, will also be entitled to about $2 million in legal fees Giuliani has said the Trump campaign still owes him, the judge ruled.

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In addition to the Trump campaign fees and the New York apartment, Giuliani must also turn over a collection of several watches, including ones given to him by European presidents after the September 11, 2001, attacks; a signed Joe DiMaggio jersey and other sports memorabilia; and a 1980 Mercedes once owned by the Hollywood star Lauren Bacall. Additionally, the judge ordered that Giuliani turn over his television, items of furniture and jewelry.

Liman hasn’t yet decided if Giuliani will be able to keep a Palm Beach, Florida, condominium he also owns, or the four New York Yankees World Series rings he has, which Giuliani’s son contends his father gave him. (emphasis mine.)

Journalist and Fox News producer Kyle Becker uploaded the following post in response to the judgment and list of items Giuliani is reportedly being ordered to hand over.

BREAKING.🚨🚨🚨

Federal judge orders @RudyGiuliani to hand over most of his possessions and available funds to a receivership controlled by two Georgia election workers whom he allegedly "defamed" following the 2020 presidential election.

As reported by the NY Times, Giuliani… pic.twitter.com/xhn4J0SLQI

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 22, 2024

The following is the entirety of Kyle Becker’s post on X:

Federal judge orders @RudyGiuliani to hand over most of his possessions and available funds to a receivership controlled by two Georgia election workers whom he allegedly “defamed” following the 2020 presidential election.

As reported by the NY Times, Giuliani has seven days to complete the transfer, which includes his New York condo and a vintage Mercedes-Benz once owned by actress Lauren Bacall.

The judge also directed him to surrender specific items like furniture, a television, sports memorabilia, jewelry, and 26 watches, one of which Giuliani said was a gift from his grandfather.

While Giuliani may hold sentimental value for the watch, “it is not distinctive to the law,” wrote Judge Lewis J. Liman of Federal District Court in Manhattan in his Tuesday ruling. For now, Giuliani’s son, Andrew, can retain his father’s Yankee World Series rings, pending a legal review of whether they were truly gifted to him, as he claimed.

Once the assets are transferred, election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss will be able to sell them to begin covering the more than $148 million a federal jury determined Giuliani owes them.

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The judge also noted that Freeman and Moss are entitled to pursue former President Donald J. Trump for $2 million that Giuliani claims Trump owes him in unpaid legal fees.

Freeman and Moss have waited nearly a year for compensation following the alleged damage to their reputations caused by Giuliani, once Trump’s personal attorney and a former New York mayor. Giuliani has reported assets totaling around $10 million.

Following the 2020 election, Giuliani accused the women, who had processed ballots that were stored in boxes under a table in Fulton County after election workers were sent home, of election malfeasance.

There is video surveillance and a reasonable belief to allege wrongdoing by Fulton County’s election workers.

This is another travesty of justice against a Trump supporter that has been committed by our weaponized justice system.

According to Becker, the following video is one that Giuliani referenced, alleging election fraud against the two election workers.

No water main break? pic.twitter.com/zHs1k0DGSj

— Pro2kall (@CPortPro) August 11, 2023

The following is Ruby Freeman’s remarks concerning the judgment in her and Moss’ favor:

BREAKING.🚨🚨🚨

Federal judge orders @RudyGiuliani to hand over most of his possessions and available funds to a receivership controlled by two Georgia election workers whom he allegedly “defamed” following the 2020 presidential election.

As reported by the NY Times, Giuliani… pic.twitter.com/xhn4J0SLQI

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 22, 2024

According to a Washington Post report, there is an additional $2,000,000 million dollars that will ultimately be included in the judgment, stemming from unpaid legal expenses Giuliani is owed.  That portion of the judgment, and the handing over of Giuliani’s belongings, hinged on Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, which was dismissed.

Liman also orders Giuliani to take legal steps that would allow the former election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, to seek an estimated $2 million in legal fees that Giuliani has said he is owed by Trump’s campaign organization and the Republican National Committee for his work leading Trump’s post-2020 election legal challenges.

That figure came from Giuliani’s sworn testimony in his since-dismissed bankruptcy case. The former New York mayor testified in a Feb. 7 hearing that the Trump campaign and the RNC were supposed to “split” his legal fees on behalf of Trump — though in a Feb. 27 court filing, Giuliani suggested the claim was against Trump personally. Giuliani testified that he had submitted an invoice for those fees but was never paid.

The dismissal of the bankruptcy case — which paused legal proceedings against Giuliani — paved the way for Freeman and Moss and a litany of other creditors to immediately file claims to seek his cash and assets in court. They could also seek any major debts owed to Giuliani.

The decision comes 10 months after a federal jury in D.C. found Giuliani guilty of defamation when he falsely claimed Freeman and Moss committed election fraud while they were counting ballots in Fulton County, Ga., on Election Day in 2020. The baseless attack, echoed repeatedly by Giuliani, Trump and other Trump allies, came as the former president and his supporters sought to overturn his narrow election loss in Georgia.

The following video is an appearance by Giuliani last week on the Real America’s Voice show, explaining the Biden-China collusion allegations, among other things.

“THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO TAKE HIM OUT OF OFFICE. THEIR MORAL LEVEL DOESN’T EXIST.” @RudyGiuliani comments on the corrupt actions of the Democratic party and the Biden family! @thebeaudavidson @michellebackus_ @EmilyRoseFinn pic.twitter.com/M8254cfVsk

— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) October 15, 2024

My take?  It is a very dangerous world at the moment.  Lawfare, information warfare, rabid deceit to a degree that the average person’s normalcy bias makes it extremely hard to come to grips and recognize just how bad the TRUE misinformation game really is even when it’s right in front of us — it is a dangerous world right now.

Keep your head on a swivel, keep your priorities ordered correctly, and don’t for one second let your guard down — none of this is over yet.  In fact, I suspect we’re all just getting started.