Rudy Giuliani Held In Contempt Of Court

A federal judge held former Trump lawyer and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt of court.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found Giuliani in civil contempt after making new accusations against two Georgia election officials he ordered to pay $146 million after losing a defamation case.

Judge Howell ruled that Giuliani broke his agreement with the election workers in six ways.

Here was Giuliani’s response:

It was inevitable that Judge Beryl Howell’s sick obsession with J6 and all things Trump would become pathological. It’s now beyond. Howell threatening me with contempt and imprisonment if I don’t recite her dictated false version of covered-up massive evidence of voter fraud is…

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 11, 2025

Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court for defaming Georgia election workers https://t.co/J6yeqsM1K9 pic.twitter.com/xFxoDfAJDe

— New York Post (@nypost) January 10, 2025

Check out what The Hill reported:

A federal judge on Friday held Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for skirting an agreement not to make new false claims about two Georgia election workers he was ordered to pay $146 million for defaming.

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It was the second time in less than a week a judge found Giuliani in contempt in matters involving the case.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell granted the request from Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom Giuliani has falsely claimed for years engaged in mass election fraud while working in Atlanta on election night in 2020.

The agreement barred the ex-New York City mayor from making any further claims they “engaged in wrongdoing” during that election. The mother-daughter duo said he violated it in two broadcasts of his nightly show.

The judge determined that Giuliani violated the order he agreed to in at least six ways, calling his accusations that the women engaged in election crimes the “worst kind of defamation.”

BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani held in contempt of court for the second time related to his defamation case involving Georgia election workers – NBC

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 10, 2025

Per CNN:

Rudy Giuliani has been held in contempt of court for the second time in a week, as the former New York mayor and top Donald Trump lawyer’s fall from grace continues because of the false information he spread after the 2020 election.District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling Friday came as Giuliani continues to make false insinuations about two Georgia election workers, long after they won a $150 million defamation verdict against him and he agreed to stop slandering them.

“Mr Giuliani engaged in the worst kind of defamation,” Howell said as she read her verdict, slamming him for continuing to portray himself as a victim in this case and not responding to previous court orders.“It is outrageous and shameful,” Howell said. “This takes real chutzpah, Mr Giuliani.”

Following the hearing, Giuliani told reporters he believes Howell is “not American” because she had her “opinion written before” the hearing. He then compared her to Soviets and Nazis.