Election workers in Georgia are calling for more punishment against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them

Two former election workers in Georgia who won a $148 million defamation judgment in return for Rudy Giuliani asked a judge Wednesday to punish him further as he continued to falsely accuse them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election.

Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, have argued in a filing in a federal court in Washington, D.C., that Giuliani “blatantly” violated an agreement he signed to stop repeating the falsehoods. The alleged violations came in statements he made. during two recent broadcasts of his nightly show on the social media platform X.

“These statements repeat the exact same lies for which Mr. Giuliani has already been held liable, and for which he agreed to be bound by a court order to cease and desist,” said the filing, which asked the judge to hold Giuliani in contempt and sanction to lay. against him.

A lawyer for Giuliani, Joseph M. Cammarata, said he had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment on its specific claims, but accused the female lawyers of intimidating the former New York City mayor. In a statement, Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman called the new legal filing an attempt to “deprive Mayor Rudy Giuliani of his right to freedom of speech.”

Giuliani should not accuse the women of election misconduct

Giuliani, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, was found guilty of defamation last year Freeman and Moss by accusing them of ballot tampering while calling out then-President Trump’s lies about election fraud. said the women they faced death threats after Giuliani falsely claimed they smuggled in ballots in suitcases, counted the ballots multiple times and tampered with voting machines.

The $148 million verdict led to a failed bankruptcy attempt from Giuliani. He has since been ordered to turn around many of his possessions to Freeman and Moss, including his $5 million Upper East Side apartment.

In December, the women sued Giuliani again for continuing to repeat his claims of ballot falsification, leading the court to issue a permanent injunction in May barring the former mayor from making statements suggesting that the women had engaged in misconduct in connection with the 2020 presidential election.

Lawyers for the two plaintiffs argued in Wednesday’s filing that Giuliani violated that agreement when he referred to the pair again during his recent video broadcasts on Nov. 12 and 14, including baselessly claiming that he should not have ties exhibit ‘quadruple vote counting’ during the trial.

In his statement in response to the filing, Goodman argued that Giuliani “has every right to defend himself.”

Giuliani’s lawyer says “90 to 95%” of his assets have been transferred

Giuliani has been critical of a judge’s ruling on this ordered him to turn around many prized possessions for Freeman and Moss – including the apartment, a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall and dozens of luxury watches. He said he should not have surrendered his belongings until his appeal was decided.

At a news conference in New York City on Wednesday, Cammarata said Giuliani had transferred “90 to 95%” of his assets. Last week, Giuliani returned the Mercedes and the watches. Cammarata said the 1980 Mercedes-Benz SL 500, Giuliani’s only vehicle, was worth less than $5,500 and should be exempt from the judgment under the law.

As for the New York apartment, Cammarata said it has been transferred or is in the process of being transferred.

Giuliani has remained defiant during the fundraising efforts stretched past an Oct. 29 deadline.

“We will not give in,” Cammarata said.

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Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report.