Defamed 2020 election workers want to take immediate 'control' of Giuliani's claim for Trump legal fees

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 21st, 2024, 8:57 am


Defamed election workers in Georgia are still brawling with Rudy Giuliani in court as they attempt to collect as much of their $148 million judgment as possible in property, including $2 million in “never paid” legal fees stemming from Giuliani’s ill-fated 2020 election lawyering for Donald Trump and his campaign. Lead plaintiff Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss in August asked a federal court to order Giuliani to “turn over personal property in his possession” and to appoint them as “receivers with the power to take possession of, and sell, both real and personal property that Mr. Giuliani does not turn over,” like his New York apartment and his Florida condo.

At the time, Freeman and Moss cited Giuliani’s under oath testimony in his since dismissed bankruptcy case that he was “owed ‘about two million dollars’ by the Trump 2020 Presidential Campaign (the ‘Trump 2020 Campaign’) and/or the Republican National Committee for his work following the 2020 presidential election.” They demanded that the fee claim be turned over to them. Giuliani responded in early October that he was concerned about timing — so close to the 2024 election — and optics.

“The Court, in its discretion, should postpone a turnover of this claim until November 6, 2024, the day after Election Day,” Giuliani requested, later warning that the media would make it seem like he had turned on Trump. “Plaintiffs will or may use this assignment for an improper, political (or, at least, collateral) purpose, creating the confusing, and inaccurate, appearance that Defendant is now somehow suing candidate Trump, thereby generating an accompanying, and unnecessary, media frenzy,” his opposition filing argued. “Plainly, the value of this claim will not depreciate between now and November 6, 2024.”

On Friday, Freeman and Moss replied that there was “no merit” to Giuliani’s concerns about timing and appearances. The plaintiffs, therefore, demanded that Giuliani’s “control over this legal claim should be severed immediately.”

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