Judge warns Rudy Giuliani he could face 'imprisonment' after attacking election workers again [View all]
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 10 December 2024 01:43 GMT
Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday.
A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City mayor of violating a court order that blocks him from repeating anything that resembles his defamatory remarks about them. The women asked the judge overseeing a defamation case in Washington, DC to consider holding him in contempt in their last-ditch effort to stop him from attacking them while they try to collect the nearly $150 million judgment against him.
Giuliani missed last week’s deadline to respond to their complaint, then pleaded with District Judge Beryl Howell for “more time.” He claimed he can’t find attorneys to represent them because they believe the judge is “unreasonable” and “biased” against Trump, and that an outcome is a “foregone conclusion,” and a “no-win proposition.”
On Monday, the judge agreed to offer him another chance — given the “potential scope and severity” of the “arsenal of sanctions” he could face, including “compensatory and coercive fines, as well as imprisonment.” He now has until January 2 to file a response. Attorneys for defamed election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have until January 7 to reply.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-prison-defamation-b2661571.html
Perfect example of the need for criminal justice reform (although I know this is a civil case).
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