Judge hints that Rudy Giuliani's contempt hearing over his assets could have negative outcome.

In a recent development, it seems that things may not be looking too good for Rudy Giuliani in his upcoming contempt hearing. As two Georgia election poll workers try to collect a staggering $148 million defamation award from the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, a federal judge is sending a clear message that Giuliani's attempts to avoid providing information to the workers' lawyers will not be tolerated.

Judge Lewis J. Liman, presiding over the case in Manhattan, issued an order on Friday that was highly critical of Giuliani's and his lawyer's efforts to evade their responsibilities in the case. The judge also stated that both parties should come prepared to explain why he should not grant a request from the election workers' lawyers to make adverse inferences from evidence that could potentially put Giuliani's Palm Beach, Florida condominium at risk of being seized to satisfy the defamation award. Additionally, the judge mentioned that he may make a ruling on the contempt request during the hearing.

Giuliani has been adamant that his Palm Beach property is his personal residence and should therefore be protected from the defamation judgment. However, he is currently facing a January 16 trial before Liman regarding the disposition of his Florida residence and World Series rings. The election workers' lawyers filed the contempt request after Giuliani failed to turn over important items such as a lease to his Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes, various watches and jewelry, a signed Joe DiMaggio shirt, and other baseball memorabilia. The judge had previously ordered Giuliani to surrender these items in October.

Despite Giuliani's lawyers' claims that he will ultimately win custody of the items on appeal, the situation remains tense and uncertain. A request for comment was made to Giuliani's lawyer, who was scheduled to be deposed on Friday.

This contempt hearing follows a heated November session in which Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor, became visibly upset with the judge and accused Liman of treating him unfairly. Giuliani was found liable last year for defaming the two Georgia poll workers by falsely accusing them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. The women have stated that they received death threats following Giuliani's false claims that they had snuck in ballots in suitcases, counted ballots multiple times, and tampered with voting machines.

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