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by
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Rudy
Giuliani
may
not
be
trying
to
get
himself
thrown
in
jail.
But
if
he were
trying
to
get
thrown
in
jail,
it’s
hard
to
see
what
he’d
be
doing
differently.
After
flagrantly
refusing
to
comply
with
his
discovery
obligations
in
a
defamation
suit
filed
by
Ruby
Freeman
and
Shaye
Moss,
the
two
Atlanta
poll
workers
he
defamed
four
years
ago,
Judge
Beryl
Howell
slapped
him
with
a
default
judgment.
Then
jurors
walloped
America’s
Mayor
to
the
tune
of
$148
million.
Giuliani
spent
the
last
11
months
trying
to
duck
collections,
including
stumbling
into
and
out
of
bankruptcy,
but
those
efforts
have
run
aground
in
the
courtroom
of
Judge
Lewis
Liman
of
the
Southern
District
of
New
York.
On
October
22,
Judge
Liman
appointed
a
receiver
and
ordered
Giuliani
to
turn
over
his
New
York
apartment
and
all
his
worldly
possessions,
save
for
a
few
contested
personal
items
and
a
Florida
condo,
over
which
he’s
attempting
to
claim
a
homestead
exception.
And
at
an
October
30
status
conference,
Rudy’s
lawyers
represented
to
the
court
that
the
receivership
property
was
being
“held
for
delivery
wherever
Plaintiffs’
request.”
Wait
for
it
…
“Defendant
has
yet
to
transfer
any
property
into
the
Receivers’
custody,”
the
plaintiffs’
lawyers
from
Wilkie
Farr
wrote
last
night,
adding
that
the
parties
had
finally
gotten
access
to
the
New
York
apartment
last
Thursday
morning,
only
to
discover
that
it
had
been
stripped
of
all
its
furnishings.
Giuliani’s
attorney
conceded
that
his
client
had
moved
much
of
the
contents
of
the
apartment
to
“The
America
First
Warehouse”
in
Ronkonkoma,
but
insisted
that
“no
property
was
removed
in
violation
of
any
restraining
order.”
This
did
not
go
over
well
with
the
court.
“In
light
of
the
status
report
provided
by
Plaintiffs
on
November
4,
2024,
81
Letter,
filed
by
Wandrea’
Moss,
Ruby
Freeman,
the
Court
orders
that
the
status
conference
currently
set
to
occur
by
telephone
on
Thursday,
November
7,
2024
at
12
p.m.
instead
will
occur
in-person
in
Courtroom
15C
at
the
500
Pearl
Street
Courthouse,”
Judge
Liman
wrote
in
a
minute
order,
adding
ominously
that
“The
Defendant
is
ordered
to
appear
in
person.”
But
no
one
has
ever
(or
not
recently)
accused
Giuliani
of
having
a
strong
sense
of
self-preservation.
So
his
counsel
responded
this
morning
with
a
letter
requesting
that
Rudy
be
able
to
call
in
to
the
hearing
from
Florida
since
he
has
to
broadcast
on
Mike
Lindell’s
Free
Speech
network.
Rudy’s
gotta
get
on
the
air,
Your
Honor.
Those
2024
poll
workers
aren’t
gonna
defame
themselves!
It’s
almost
impossible
to
imagine
how
Rudy
could
make
this
worse.
But
he
managed
it!
That
would
be
the
1980
Mercedes
purportedly
belonging
to
Lauren
Bacall
which
was
specifically
placed
under
the
control
of
the
receiver
and
which
Rudy’s
lawyer
promised
he
would
“have
our
client
sign
documents
transferring
title,
and
then
give
you
the
keys.”
In
the
event,
Judge
Liman
failed
to
be
persuaded
that
Rudy
needed
to
be
in
Florida
because
there
are
no
microphones
in
the
state
of
New
York.
“No
good
cause
has
been
provided,”
he
wrote
in
a
second
minute
order.
“Counsel
and
the
Defendant
shall
appear
as
ordered
on
November
7,
2024
at
12
p.m.
in
Courtroom
15C
at
500
Pearl
Street.”
Freeman
v.
Giuliani
[Docket
via
Court
Listener]
Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.