Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and others are charged in Georgia with crimes related to trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state to President Joe Biden.
Howell blasted Giuliani for"willful ... misconduct," in failing to turn over the requested information as part of the legal process known as discovery, and for giving"only lip service to compliance with his discovery obligations."Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
"The bottom line is that Giuliani has refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea' ArShaye Moss's procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in this case," Howell wrote in a 57-page opinion. The judge also ordered attorneys for Giuliani and the two women to propose three possible dates for trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on the question of how much money in compensatory and punitive damages he should be ordered to pay them as a result of the default judgment.
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