Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the two Georgia election workers who were defamed by former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, have taken a bold step to collect the damages that jurors awarded them last year.
Politico's Kyle Cheney flags a new filing from Freeman and Moss's attorneys in which they ask the United States Court for the Southern District of New York to give their clients control over Giuliani's assets.
In their filing, the attorneys argue that Giuliani has tried to evade accountability for months by using assorted stall tactics, and that it's now time for the court to put its foot down.
"Mr. Giuliani has spent years evading accountability for his actions -- first in litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the 'D.C. District Court'), and then in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings that Mr. Giuliani commenced in this District," they write. "In this motion, Plaintiffs seek two remedies to which they are entitled under New York law: an order requiring Mr. Giuliani to turn over personal property in his possession in satisfaction of the judgment, and an order appointing Plaintiffs as receivers with the power to take possession of, and sell, both real and personal property that Mr. Giuliani does not turn over."
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The attorneys went on to describe these measures as "overwhelmingly justified under New York law," especially since Giuliani "has proven time and again that he will never voluntarily comply with court orders."
They then cite Giuliani's decision to "willfully ignore" the discovery process during their defamation lawsuit.
"At every step, Mr. Giuliani has chosen evasion, obstruction, and outright disobedience," the filing emphasizes. "That strategy reached the end of the line here."
After the 2020 election, Giuliani falsely accused Freeman and Moss of working to steal the election from former President Donald Trump on behalf of President Joe Biden.
After an investigation was conducted, it was determined that Giuliani's allegations were completely false and a jury determined that he defamed Freeman and Moss.
