Rudy Giuliani appears in New York court, afterward says he's being "persecuted"

(27 Nov 2024)
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New York -- 26 November 2024
1. Rudy Giuliani, others walk to microphone ++SHOT CONTINUES++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor:
"Well, it turned out exactly as I expected. He ruled against us on everything. Also, the trial he set down for the period of time during President Trump's inauguration, he really doesn't need to have it because he's going to rule against me. If he were sitting in that courtroom and couldn't figure it out, you're stupid."
++WHITE FLASH++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor, when asked if he regrets what he said about two election poll workers who won a libel case against him:
"I do not regret it for a minute. I regret the persecution that I've been put to."
++WHITE FLASH++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor:
"This is a pure application of the persecution of Trump, me, Bannon, Navarro, Professor Eastman on and on and on, around 100 people."
++WHITE FLASH++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor, after earlier telling the judge he is not impoverished:
"The reality is I have no cash. It's all tied up. So right now, if I wanted to call a taxi cab, I can't do it. I don't have a credit card. I don't have a checking account."
++WHITE FLASH++
6. Rudy Giuliani, others walk away
STORYLINE:
In an angry outburst in a New York courtroom, Rudy Giuliani accused a judge Tuesday of making wrong assumptions about him as he tries to comply with an order requiring him to turn over most of his assets to two election poll workers who won a libel case against him.

U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman responded to Giuliani’s complaints by saying he’s not going to let the former New York City mayor and one-time presidential candidate blurt things out anymore in court unless he’s a sworn witness.

The interruption to an otherwise routine pretrial hearing in Manhattan came as the judge questioned Giuliani's lawyer about why Giuliani has not yet provided the title to a car he has relinquished in his effort to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment won by two former Georgia election workers.

“Your client was the U.S. attorney for this district,” the judge said, referencing Giuliani's years in the 1980s as the head of the federal prosecutor's office in the Southern District of New York, as he suggested it was hard to believe that Giuliani was incapable of getting a duplicate title to the car.

Giuliani learned forward and began speaking into a microphone, telling the judge he had applied for a duplicate copy of the car's title but it had not yet arrived.

“The implication I’ve been not diligent about it is totally incorrect,” Giuliani said in a scolding tone. “The implication you make is against me and every implication against me is wrong.”

Giuliani went on, saying: "I’m not impoverished. Everything I have is tied up."

Liman responded by warning defense lawyers that the next time Giuliani interrupted a hearing, “he's not going to be permitted to speak and the court will take action.”

The exchange came at a hearing in which the judge refused to delay a Jan. 16 trial over the disposition of Giuliani’s Florida residence and World Series rings. Those are two sets of assets that Giuliani is trying to shield from confiscation.

Earlier in the proceeding, defense attorney Joseph Cammarata asked Liman to delay the trial, which will be heard without a jury, for a month because of Giuliani's “involvement" in the inauguration planning for President-elect Donald Trump.

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