• Lawyers representing Rudy Giuliani in a lawsuit over a gross defamation verdict against him are trying to withdraw from the case in New York federal court.
• Lawyers noted major disagreements with Giuliani, Trump’s former campaign lawyer who was ordered to pay $146 million to two election workers in Georgia for making false claims about them.
• Giuliani represented now-President-elect Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

Representing lawyers Rudy Giuliani One case pertaining to a large mass slander In the judgment against him, they are trying to dismiss the case in New York federal court, citing serious disagreements with the old court. Embers campaign lawyer on how to handle the issue.

The move came a week after the trial judge threatened to hold him in contempt of court if he did not surrender personal property to satisfy part of a $146 million judgment in favor of the two men. Georgia He slandered election workers after the election 2020 election while representing the current president-elect. Donald Trump.

Giuliani’s lawyer Kenneth Caruso filing He wrote Wednesday night that he and co-counsel David Labkowski had three grounds for withdrawing from the case, which is being heard in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

These grounds included “the client insists on taking an action with which the attorney has a fundamental disagreement” and “the client insists on presenting a claim or defense that is not warranted under existing law.”

The third ground stated in the application was that “the client fails to cooperate with the representation or makes the representation unreasonably difficult for the lawyer to effectively perform his job.”

Four paragraphs of the motion are blacked out in the public copy of the document.

Caruso had previously asked Judge Lewis Liman to keep the entire motion sealed, citing the need to avoid disclosure of confidential information or material that “could be embarrassing or harmful to the client if disclosed.”

The Port refused to fully seal but allowed Caruso to submit a public copy redacting paragraphs containing confidential information about legal work he did on behalf of Giuliani, the former New York mayor and top federal prosecutor.

“Mayor Giuliani was not informed of this action by Mr. Caruso,” Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman told CNBC.

“Of course Mr. Caruso will talk to the mayor or at least inform him of such a decision,” Goodman said.

Giuliani represented Trump in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election as the then-president was trying to reverse his loss to the President. Joe Biden.

During this time, Giuliani falsely claimed that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss committed ballot fraud at a vote counting site in Georgia. The women, who are mother and daughter, later filed a lawsuit against Giuliani, claiming defamation.

In August 2023, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a default judgment against Giuliani in the case after he repeatedly failed to comply with orders requiring him to turn over evidence to the women’s lawyers.

In December, a trial jury awarded Giuliani $146 million in damages for defaming the women.

The woman’s attorney complained that Giuliani blocked her efforts to retrieve a number of personal items she was ordered to turn over to Giuliani to satisfy at least part of the judgment.

These items include luxury watches, baseball memorabilia and a 1980 Mercedes-Benz.