The Trump That Never Was: Rudy Giuliani Like a Rolling Stone

Trump got away with murder: all cases against him have been or will be dropped, except that he will retain the historical honotific title of first convicted criminal felon to serve as US President.

But his test-tube clone Rudy Giuliani has been thrown under the bus. His court hazards continue to plague him, despite his taking a Trumpian approach to fight back: Never give up, keep lying and cheating, something's bound to stick. [check out: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/can-trump-pardon-rudy-giuliani.html ]

Indeed, the news for Giuliani is so bad that he may have to use Made-in-China diapers or a plastic denture because he says he's broke. Trump cannot pardon him because his legal troubles stem from a civil suit that requires him to surrender every penny he has, including a mercedes, a Joe DiMaggio baseball jersey, and his Manhattan apartment. He may be already singing the blues, as if Bob Dylan wrote "Like a Rolling Stone" specially for him.

Too bad Trump managed to escape the same fate by hiding his criminality behind the presidential sash. But dumb America loves him and wanted to turn real life into a Hollywood movie where criminals, Mafiosi, bootleggers, liars, cheaters, embezzlers, murderers and highway bandits are heroes. At least Trump is trying to lower the price of your bag of Cheezos and jar of peanut butter by annexing Greenland.
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'Outrageous and shameful': Second judge holds Rudy Giuliani in contempt in defamation case
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
Updated Sat, January 11, 2025

WASHINGTON − Rudy Giuliani, the former campaign lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, has been found in civil contempt for the second time in a week in his $148 million for defamation from two Georgia election workers.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington found him in contempt on Friday for continuing to defame the women, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea’ “Shaye” Moss, despite signing an agreement to stop. Howell threatened Giuliani with jail if he continues to defy court orders.

"It is outrageous and shameful that Mr. Giuliani dares to suggest that he is the one who is being treated unfairly," Howell said.

She required Giuliani to submit a court document within 10 days acknowledging that testimony and evidence presented during his civil trial in 2023 directly contradicted his statements. Giuliani will face a $200 fine each day he does not file the court declaration, she said.

Her decision came after U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in New York on Monday also found Giuliani in contempt. Liman had ordered the former New York City mayor to turn over valuables to the women such as a Mercedes Benz once owned by Lauren Bacall, a Manhattan apartment and an autographed Joe DiMaggio baseball jersey to help settle his debt.

Giuliani attacked Howell on social media, calling her “bloodthirsty” and saying she would produce a “highly prejudiced, usual, biased decision.” Giuliani called the hearing is “a hypocritical waste of time," in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"This was a farce," Giuliani told reporters outside the courthouse. "She put on an absolute farce and a clown show."

Former New York City Mayor and former lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, departs from the United States Court in Manhattan as he is expected to continue his testimony virtually next week as a judge will consider a request by two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million for defamation to hold him in civil contempt for failing to turn over his assets in New York City, on Jan. 3, 2025.

Freeman and Moss sued Giuliani for defamation over his false accusations they were stuffing ballot boxes while counting votes in Atlanta's State Farm Arena.

Guiliani claimed they were "passing around USB ports as if they're vials of heroin or cocaine." Freeman and Moss testified at a U.S. House hearing that they were passing ginger mints.

But since the $148 million judgment in December 2023, Freeman and Moss said Giuliani hasn’t provided them “a single dollar” from his cash accounts. Giuliani turned over the car without the ownership title, the apartment still has Giuliani’s ex-wife on ownership papers and the jersey was never turned over, according to court records.

"He willfully refused to search for and produce documents that would have been responsive to the plaintiffs' request for production," Aaron Nathan, a lawyer for the women, said at the first contempt hearing.

The election workers also said Giuliani has continued to defame them on his podcast, "America’s Mayor Live," despite the lawsuit judgment.

On Nov. 19, 2024, Giuliani accused the women of “quadruple counting” votes on election night, according to a court filing. On Nov. 21, 2024, Giuliani called an injunction against criticizing the women “a little ridiculous” and said “to hell with it,” according to a court filing.

Giuliani, 80, has claimed his life was upended by the lawsuit but that he has not "willfully disobeyed" any court orders.

"There's been substantial compliance," Giuliani's lawyer, Joseph Cammarata, told Liman on Monday. "There is no defiance to the court."

The defamation case is just one piece of litigation facing Giuliani after he aggressively challenged 2020 election results for Trump with baseless claims of widespread fraud. Giuliani faces criminal charges of election interference in Arizona and Georgia. He has been disbarred in New York and Washington.