Judge Hilariously Shreds Rudy Giuliani’s Latest Legal Defense
Rudy Giuliani had the dumbest defense for not surrendering his assets.
Rudy Giuliani tried out a new legal defense on Thursday, arguing in a Manhattan courthouse that he couldn’t possibly hand over his assets to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a pair of 2020 Georgia poll workers whom he had repeatedly defamed, because he simply didn’t know where they were.
At a hearing, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman said that the idea that neither Giuliani nor anyone else in the world has knowledge about where his assets are was “farcical,” reported
Reuters.
“If he doesn’t comply, then I’m sure that I’m going to get a motion for contempt,” Liman said. “He’s not going to be in contempt if he’s made efforts and it’s impossible to comply with the order, but that’s the standard that he’s going to be held to.”
Aaron Nathan, an attorney for Freeman and Moss, also noted that it appeared Giuliani had been shuffling his assets around, opening new bank accounts and creating limited liability companies.
“It’s troubling that we learned about it on Monday for the first time,” Nathan said.
Those assets would include Giuliani’s Mercedes convertible, which he was
seen driving in Florida on Election Day, making it a little difficult to argue he doesn’t know where it is.
Another asset is his
Manhattan penthouse, a famously immovable object, which Giuliani was ordered to hand over within seven days to the ....
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