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Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan issued an order Friday in
which he was dismissive of what he described as attempts by
Giuliani and his lawyer to dodge providing information to the
election workers' lawyers.
And he said the litigants should be ready at the contempt
hearing to explain why he should not grant a request by lawyers
for the two election workers that he make adverse inferences
from evidence in the case that would put Giuliani's Palm Beach,
Florida, condominium in danger of being surrendered to satisfy
the defamation award.
The judge also said he may rule on the contempt request at the
hearing.
Giuliani has maintained that the Palm Beach property is his
personal residence now and should be shielded from the judgment.
He faces a Jan. 16 trial before Liman over the disposition of
his Florida residence and World Series rings.
Lawyers for the election workers filed the contempt request
after saying Giuliani had failed to turn over a lease to his
Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes, various watches and jewelry, a
signed Joe DiMaggio shirt and other baseball momentos. The judge
ordered Giuliani to turn over the items in October.
Giuliani’s lawyers have predicted that Giuliani will eventually
win custody of the items on appeal. A request for comment was
sent to a lawyer for Giuliani, who was supposed to be deposed on
Friday.
The contempt hearing follows a contentious November hearing in
which Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor, became angry at the
judge and said Liman was treating him unfairly.
Giuliani was found liable last year for defaming the two Georgia
poll workers by falsely accusing them of tampering with ballots
during the 2020 presidential election.
The women said they faced death threats after Giuliani falsely
claimed they sneaked in ballots in suitcases, counted ballots
multiple times and tampered with voting machines.
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