‘I can’t pay my bills’: Rudy Giuliani loses his cool, lashes out in court
An angry Rudy Giuliani lost his cool in the courtroom Tuesday, lashing out at the judge overseeing his defamation payout, saying “I can’t pay my bills.”
The former New York mayor and lawyer to Donald Trump was captured in a now-viral courtroom sketch by Jane Rosenberg, pointing furiously at Judge Lewis Liman.
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“The implications you are making against me are wrong. I have no car, no credit card, no cash, everything I have is tied up, they have put stop orders on my business accounts, and I can’t pay my bills!” he told Liman, arguing that the two Georgia election workers he owes US$148 million to have tied up all his assets.
The $148-million judgment stems from Giuliani’s role in pushing Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
Giuliani, who has since been disbarred in New York and Washington, falsely accused election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea (Shaye) Moss of ballot fraud, saying they snuck in ballots in suitcases, counted ballots multiple times and tampered with voting machines.
Freeman and Moss sued for defamation and said the false allegations led to death threats that made them fear for their lives.
Liman previously threatened Giuliani with civil contempt for failing to surrender assets, including a luxury Manhattan apartment, to partially cover what he owes.
Giuliani’s lawyer Joseph Cammarata told Liman that his client had turned over 90 per cent of the assets.
But the judge questioned Giuliani’s alleged struggle to
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