A federal judge on Friday found Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for violating an agreement to not make new false claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
Giuliani was found liable for defaming Freeman and Moss and ordered to pay a $148 million defamation verdict to the workers in 2023, after falsely claiming they participated in election fraud during the 2020 election.
An agreement with the verdict barred the former New York City Mayor from any further claims they “engaged in wrongdoing” during the election, but the pair argued he broke the agreement in two broadcasts of his live-streamed “America’s Mayor Live” show on Nov. 12 and 14.