Two Georgia election workers who won a massive verdict against Rudy Giuliani because he defamed them after the 2020 election are asking a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court.
Their request on Wednesday morning opens up a new avenue of difficulty in court that the former Donald Trump attorney now must face, as the fallout continues for him because of his efforts to spread election fraud myths.
The pair, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, say Trump continues to repeat harmful lies about them on his nightly broadcast, in defiance of court orders.
“In his latest act of defiance of court orders, and continued defamation of Plaintiffs, Defendant Rudolph W. Giuliani has clearly violated a permanent injunction — an injunction to which he consented to less than one year ago — prohibiting him from repeating his false and defamatory lies about Plaintiffs. Accordingly, the Court should hold him in contempt and enter civil contempt sanctions,” Freeman and Moss’ lawyers wrote to Judge Beryl Howell in the DC District Court.
The judge has not yet responded, and any penalties would be up to her.
Moss and Freeman’s attorneys pointed to two broadcasts of Giuliani’s show, where he said people were quadruple counting ballots and passing hard drives to rig vote-counting machines. Those insinuations are false, and there was no conspiracy to change votes against Trump in Georgia in 2020, a state where he closely lost the election.
“These statements repeat the exact same lies for which Mr. Giuliani has already been held liable, and which he agreed to be bound by court order to stop repeating. They constitute unambiguous violations of the Consent Injunction,” Freeman and Moss’ lawyers wrote.
Giuliani on his November 12 broadcast, acknowledged he could face more consequences in court for his statements that day.
