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Judge threatens to hold Giuliani in contempt if he doesn’t hand over assets to Freeman and Moss

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A federal judge threatened to hold disgraced lawyer Rudy Giuliani in contempt if he does not turn over his assets to the former Georgia election workers he defamed, rejecting Giuliani’s claim that he does not know where his assets are.

“The notion that your client doesn’t know where his assets are is farcical,” a frustrated Judge Lewis Liman told Giuliani’s attorney, Kenneth Caruso, in a court hearing in Manhattan on Thursday.

Liman gave Giuliani until Monday, Nov. 11, to turn over his assets to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who have been waiting for nearly a year to collect on the $148 million in damages he owes them for defamation. If Giuliani does not do so by the deadline, Liman said, “I will hold him in contempt.”

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Rudy Giuliani arrives at federal court in New York City on Thursday.Yuki Iwamura / AP

Freeman and Moss had been unable to collect on the sum for months due to proceedings in Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, which he filed for shortly after the judgment was handed down in December 2023. (He is appealing the verdict in a federal court in Washington, D.C.) Giuliani’s bankruptcy case was dismissed in July, and Liman later ordered him to turn over his assets to Freeman and Moss.

However, last week, when representatives for the women finally gained access to Giuliani’s New York City penthouse, they found that almost all of his property had been removed from the apartment, Aaron Nathan, an attorney for the women, said in a court filing. Nathan also said that Giuliani had yet to transfer any property to the women, and accused him and his lawyer of stonewalling on the whereabouts of his assets. Giuliani was also seen outside a polling place in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, in a Mercedez-Benz that was meant to be turned over to Freeman and Moss.

Giuliani had employed similar delay tactics in his bankruptcy proceedings, too. His creditors accused him of failing to submit timely and complete filings, and of hiding his assets and entering business deals in which money is paid to his businesses instead of his estate.

Outside the courthouse after the hearing on Thursday, Giuliani went on a tirade against the large judgment sum. He denied defaming Freeman and Moss and repeated the false claim that the 2020 election was “fixed.” He alleged without evidence that his defamation case was “political persecution” by President Joe Biden.

Giuliani also said he would join Trump’s second administration if the president-elect wanted him to.

“I’m not offering myself for anything, but I would, you know,” he told reporters. “I’m very dedicated to him.”

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for BLN Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.

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Trump-backed Jay Feely wins GOP primary in Arizona’s battleground 1st District

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Former Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely cruised to victory in Arizona’s 1st District on Tuesday, one of the nation’s most competitive battlegrounds.

Feely, a close ally of President Donald Trump, leveraged Trump’s endorsement to topple former state Rep. Joseph Chaplik.

He’ll face a steep challenge defeating the Democratic nominee in November: The 1st District, which spans the affluent suburbs north of Phoenix, is one of House Democrats’ top targets after Trump won it by just three points in 2024. Feely is looking to keep the seat under GOP control amid a midterm year that presents major headwinds for the party.

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Rep. Andy Biggs wins GOP primary for Arizona governor

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Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs has won the GOP primary to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November, setting up a marquee governor’s race in one of America’s most competitive states.

Biggs, a former chair of the hardline House Freedom Caucus and a close ally of President Donald Trump, easily dealt with his only serious challenger, Rep. David Schweikert, on Tuesday. Before the primary results were official, he had already begun pivoting to the general election against Hobbs, who is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic governors this fall.

Republicans feel bullish about their odds of flipping the governorship, after Trump carried the state by five points in 2024. But even though Trump won last time, the state has gradually shifted to pure tossup territory over the past few years, electing Democrats to both Senate seats, as well as the attorney general and secretary of state’s offices.

Hobbs had already shifted her focus to Biggs as well. Her campaign has amassed a significant warchest for the race and has already started running ads. Biggs, given his lack of a significant primary challenge, has been able to hold onto more cash than his GOP rivals, but is still behind Hobbs.

The race will test whether Republicans, who are starting down a potentially bruising midterm cycle, can reclaim the top office of a state that has long been a place of success for the party.

During the Republican primary debate, Biggs spent more time talking about his working relationship with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly than he did flexing his endorsement from Trump or highlighting his House record, including his time atop the Freedom Caucus. Instead, he tried to refocus on his bipartisanship in Congress and his leadership in the state legislature.

“I know how to reach across the aisle,” Biggs said during the debate.

But he will still have to contend with many of his past stances, including his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.

And Hobbs is already working to ensure voters know where Biggs stands on key issues as a longtime member of the House, including his anti-abortion positions and his role in 2020. Her campaign has repeatedly attacked him as “too extreme” for the state and has dubbed him “basement Biggs” for keeping a relatively low profile throughout the GOP primary.

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Trump-backed Mark Lamb wins Arizona House primary despite sex scandals

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A scandal-plagued House candidate powered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement won a messy primary Tuesday.

Mark Lamb, the former Pinal County sheriff, overcame a late push from self-funding candidate Daniel Keenan in Arizona’s 5th District. Lamb will enter November as the heavy frontrunner in the deep-red Phoenix-area district to replace Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who is running for governor.

Keenan had poured nearly $2 million of his own cash into the campaign and attempted to make Lamb’s alleged sexual misconduct and abuse of power central to the race. Lamb has denied the allegations.

But Lamb — bolstered by Trump and Arizona-based Turning Point USA — managed to ward off the attacks.

The race’s outcome reveals the strength of Trump’s endorsement, and it’s the latest example of how willing GOP primary voters have been to accept scandal-ridden candidates favored by the president.

Lamb, who served as sheriff until 2024, earned national notoriety as a gun-toting critic of the Biden administration’s immigration and border policy. He secured Trump’s backing for the 5th District contest last year.

Then in May, the Arizona Republic launched a multi-part investigation alleging that Lamb engaged in a yearslong pattern of sending sexual images and instigating intimate encounters between him, his wife and others. One woman involved, Jillian Stannard, accused Lamb of encouraging her husband to have sex with other women, including Lamb’s wife. She also alleged that Lamb threatened her, saying there would be consequences, when Stannard raised concerns to religious leaders.

Screenshots the Republic obtained of messages with another woman, Tammy Peacock, suggest Lamb — then a sitting county sheriff — threatened to leverage Arizona’s revenge porn law against her.

In a statement last week, Lamb spokesperson Ed Morabito told Blue Light News that “these allegations are false and come from long-discredited political opponents.”

Lamb did not lose any significant endorsements in the wake of the scandals — Trump reinforced his endorsement in mid-July — even as Keenan made the allegations central to his campaign.

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