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Eugene

(62,748 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2024, 04:12 AM Dec 10

Judge warns Rudy Giuliani he could face 'imprisonment' after attacking election workers again

Source: The Independent

Judge warns Rudy Giuliani he could face ‘imprisonment’ after attacking election workers again

The former New York City mayor could be hit with an ‘arsenal of sanctions’ for his statements

Alex Woodward
New York
Tuesday 10 December 2024 01:43 GMT

Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday.

A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City mayor of violating a court order that blocks him from repeating anything that resembles his defamatory remarks about them.

The women asked the judge overseeing a defamation case in Washington, DC to consider holding him in contempt in their last-ditch effort to stop him from attacking them while they try to collect the nearly $150 million judgment against him.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-prison-defamation-b2661571.html

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/news/judge-warns-rudy-giuliani-could-014313294.html

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Judge warns Rudy Giuliani he could face 'imprisonment' after attacking election workers again (Original Post) Eugene Dec 10 OP

Oh no! Not another... WARNING!!!!1!!!! RockRaven Dec 10 #1

The sickness of the G.O.P. soul is a true tragedy BoRaGard Dec 10 #2

Stop warning, start JAILING. phylny Dec 10 #3

THIS malaise Dec 10 #4

You gonna let them talk to you like that, Rudy? Buns_of_Fire Dec 10 #5

JFC! 2naSalit Dec 10 #6

Does pardon eliminate judgement money? kerouac2 Dec 10 #7

A pardon can remove criminal penalties, but it generally doesn't erase facts or block civil liability. Eugene Dec 10 #9

Would you like to make a wager? ramedy Dec 10 #8

What on earth would lead you to believe this nonsense? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 10 #10

If he's incapable of obeying the court order, tanyev Dec 10 #11

RockRaven

(16,478 posts)

1. Oh no! Not another... WARNING!!!!1!!!!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:00 AM

Dec 10

BoRaGard

(3,070 posts)

2. The sickness of the G.O.P. soul is a true tragedy

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:01 AM

Dec 10

republicons have all lost their way, and stumbled into perdition.

phylny

(8,600 posts)

3. Stop warning, start JAILING.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:27 AM

Dec 10

malaise

(278,612 posts)

4. THIS

Reply to phylny (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:29 AM

Dec 10

Rec

Buns_of_Fire

(17,922 posts)

5. You gonna let them talk to you like that, Rudy?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:39 AM

Dec 10

The nerve of some people! You should just walk up to the bench and show 'em who they're dealing with!

2naSalit

(93,203 posts)

6. JFC!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:57 AM

Dec 10

That fucker should have been locked up years ago!

kerouac2

(741 posts)

7. Does pardon eliminate judgement money?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:59 AM

Dec 10

Either way, he will likely be emboldened by the prospect of getting pardons.

Eugene

(62,748 posts)

9. A pardon can remove criminal penalties, but it generally doesn't erase facts or block civil liability.

Reply to kerouac2 (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:19 AM

Dec 10

Not a lawyer, but...

Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio's misdemeanor contempt of court conviction.
That didn't stop Arpaio's victims from suing him for damages.

ramedy

(183 posts)

8. Would you like to make a wager?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:01 AM

Dec 10

That the “Judge” will find a way to jail the plaintiffs before he does the defendant?

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,443 posts)

10. What on earth would lead you to believe this nonsense?

Reply to ramedy (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:34 AM

Dec 10

Judge Beryl Howell was appointed by Pres. Obama and so far, she's been pretty harsh with Rudy, so, no, I highly doubt that what you're saying is in any way even possible.

BTW, I'll take that wager, I'll wager a full month of my pension.

tanyev

(44,675 posts)

11. If he's incapable of obeying the court order,

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:49 AM

Dec 10

then he either needs to go to jail or be tested for mental incompetence and sent to a secure care facility.

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