When
the
world
seems
dark
and
scary,
we
cling
to
the
constants.
The
sun,
rising
in
the
East.
The
reliably
excellent
hivemind
of
the
Taylor
Swift
fanbase.
Rudy
Giuliani’s
uncanny
ability
to
make
any
legal
situation
worse.
For
as
long
as
it’s
legal
—
check
back
in
three
months!
—
we’ll
have
the
antics
of
America’s
mayor
to
sustain
us.
Giuliani
is
currently
bumstumbling
his
way
through
a
collection
action
filed
by
Ruby
Freeman
and
Shaye
Moss,
two
Atlanta
poll
workers
whom
he
defamed
in
2020.
How
wise
of
American
voters
to
have
saved
him
the
trouble
of
picking
out
two
Black
women
to
frame
for
stealing
the
2024
election!
Rudy
owes
these
women
$148
million,
thanks
to
a
jury
verdict
last
December.
He
has
yet
to
pay
them
anything,
and
seems
to
believe
that
he
can
simply
jerk
them
around
forever,
despite
clear
signals
from
Judge
Lewis
Liman
that
something
very
bad
will
happen
if
he
continues
to
screw
around.
This
week,
after
it
emerged
that
the
defendant
had
removed
the
expensive
furnishing
and
memorabilia
from
his
apartment
in
New
York
before
handing
it
over
to
his
creditors,
the
court
summoned
him
to
a
hearing
in-person
in
the
Southern
District
of
New
York,
brushing
off
Rudy’s
complaint
that
he
needed
to
be
in
Florida
to
record
his
show
for
Mike
Lindell’s
$14.88
pillow
network.
At
the
hearing,
Giuliani’s
counsel
Ken
Caruso
once
again
represented
to
the
court
that
his
client
was
ready
and
willing
to
turn
over
all
property.
The
plaintiffs
counter
that
Rudy’s
driving
around
Florida
in
a
Mercedes
that
is
subject
to
the
turnover
over,
refuses
to
say
what
furnishings
were
shifted
to
the
storage
unit
in
Ronkonkoma,
and
feigns
ignorance
over
how
the
money
in
his
accounts
might
find
its
way
to
the
plaintiffs:
[W]ith
respect
to
the
cash
accounts
held
at
Citibank,
Mr.
Giuliani’s
position
is,
apparently,
that
Plaintiffs
should
go
facilitate
the
turnover
without
his
help.
ECF
No.
88
at
3.
That
is
not
how
a
turnover
order
works.
The
Court’s
order
obligates
Mr.
Giuliani
to
deliver
the
funds,
which
both
Mr.
Giuliani
and
any
third-party
garnishee
are
permitted
do
under
the
express
terms
of
the
restraining
notice.
See
CPLR
§
5222(b)
(permitting
transfer
of
restrained
property
“pursuant
to
an
order
of
the
court”).
Mr.
Giuliani
speculates
that
were
he
to
ask,
Citibank
would
not
release
the
funds,
but
does
not
suggest
that
he
has
even
tried
that
initial
step
to
comply
with
the
Court’s
order.
Meanwhile,
Giuliani
has
failed
to
comply
with
discovery
obligations
for
himself
and
his
various
businesses
—
an
object
of
intense
interest
to
the
plaintiffs
in
light
of
his
lawyers’
admission
that
Giuliani
routes
all
his
earnings
through
shell
companies
and
pays
his
various
“employees”
first.
This
is
particularly
true
since
Giuliani
just
disclosed
that
he
set
up
at
least
one
new
business
entity
during
the
pendency
of
this
very
litigation.
Yesterday,
Caruso
begged
the
court
for
a
few
days
more
indulgence,
requesting
that
the
November
7
deadline
—
also
yesterday,
if
you
can
even
believe
it
—
to
cough
up
information
on
seven
Giuliani-related
LLCs
be
extended
to
Wednesday
the
13th.
Judge
Liman
responded
within
hours
that
“Plaintiffs
have
until
the
close
of
business
on
November
8,
2024
to
respond
to
this
application.”
As
of
this
writing,
Freeman
and
Moss
have
not
offered
an
opinion
on
this
application.
Let’s
just
assume
they
are
debating
the
propriety
of
docketing
a
response
that
says
simply
“LOL,
GTFOH,”
followed
by
the
eye
roll
and
middle
finger
emojis.
This
morning
the
court
published
a
new
scheduling
order
that
contemplates
an
extremely
expeditious
settling
of
all
debts:
He
ordered
Giuliani
to
hand
over
all
of
the
receivership
assets
by
Friday
of
next
week;
He
ordered
him
to
get
right
with
God
and
answer
the
information
subpoenas
he’s
been
ducking
since
August;
And
he
told
Rudy
to
figure
out
once
and
for
all
which
apartment
he’d
like
to
designate
as
his
homestead,
because
saying
he’d
prefer
to
keep
the
Palm
Beach
apartment,
but
if
his
homestead
exception
for
Florida
is
defeated,
he’d
like
to
designate
his
New
York
unit
“in
the
alternative”
is
not
going
to
cut
it.
Finally,
Judge
Liman
invoked
the
“C
word”
again:
The
parties
are
warned
that
continued
violation
of
the
Turnover
Order
may
result
in
contempt
sanctions.
Meanwhile,
after
Andy
Giuliani
launched
himself
toward
the
podium
to
claim
that
his
dad
gave
him
his
World
Series
rings
in
2018,
the
plaintiffs
are
seeking
evidence
of
the
boy
wonder’s
claims.
Notably
Giuliani
described
the
rings
as
personal
property
when
he
filed
for
bankruptcy
earlier
this
year,
and
so
the
plaintiffs
are
just
wondering
if
he
filed
any
gift
tax
returns
associated
with
this
transfer,
or
he
kept
it
on
the
DL
from
Uncle
Sam.
God
bless
ya,
Roodles.
You’re
a
beacon
of
light
in
these
dark
days.
Freeman
v.
Giuliani [Docket
via
Court
Listener]
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in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
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