Rudy Giuliani to resume testimony at contempt hearing in defamation case
Giuliani was grilled in court last week at a hearing to determine whether he should be held in contempt for defying court orders tied to a defamation judgment against him.
Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is set to answer more questions after facing a grilling last week at a contempt-of-court hearing stemming from his failure to surrender valuable items to satisfy a $146 million defamation judgment against him.
Unlike at Friday’s hearing, Giuliani will be testifying remotely Monday and responding to questions posed by his attorney, instead of lawyers for the two former Georgia election workers he was found liable of defaming: Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.
At stake is whether Giuliani should be held in contempt for defying court orders to surrender valuable items, including a New York Yankees jersey autographed by Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio.
Freeman and Moss have asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman to find Giuliani in civil contempt for failing to hand over the jersey and other items intended to supplement their $146 million judgment against him.
The pair was awarded the sum in their defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, who they said had spread falsities about Trump’s election loss in 2020 resulting in an onslaught of racist and violent threats against them.
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