Election workers defamed by Giuliani pen scathing letter accusing him of an 'obvious attempt to intimidate'

Source: The Independent

Saturday 23 November 2024 22:11 GMT


Attorneys for election workers that Rudy Giuliani defamed wrote a scathing letter accusing the former New York City mayor of launching a crusade meant to “to obstruct and intimidate” them as they try to recover his assets.

In a Friday letter to a federal judge, Michael Gottlieb, a lawyer representing election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, accused Giuliani of orchestrating a “public relations campaign” meant to stop the women from collecting the belongings they are owed.

Last December, Giuliani was ordered to pay Freeman and Moss nearly $150 million after a court found he defamed them by falsely claiming they manipulated election results in 2020. The decision led Donald Trump’s disgraced attorney to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which has since been dismissed.

The mother-daughter duo are now allowed to seize his valuables to recover what they are owed. But a barrage of recent court filings, including Giuliani’s attempts to appeal, reveal a weeks-long legal battle that the women argue is the former mayor’s attempts to delay, block or obstruct them from collecting what he has been ordered to turn over.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/giuliani-bankrupt-defamation-election-workers-intimidation-b2652615.html