EXCLUSIVE: Defiant Giuliani says defamation loss is not a surprise

EXCLUSIVE: Defiant Rudy Giuliani says defamation ruling is not a surprise because he got tough January 6 judge – and LAUGHS at claims he was always drunk while working for Trump

• Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday’s legal setback in a defamation case is no surprise because the judge has been tough on January 6 defendants 
• ‘She doesn’t have a fair bone in her body,’ Giuliani told DailyMail.com
• He also laughed at claims that he was drunk while advising former President Donald Trump on the 2020 election 

A defiant Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday’s legal setback in a defamation case is no surprise because the judge has been tough on January 6 defendants – and laughed off questions about drinking on the job. 

Judge Beryl Howell said that the former New York City mayor will have to fork over tens of thousands in fines as a penalty for refusing to turn over electronic records in his defamation case filed by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. 

‘It’s very simple. You shouldn’t be surprised at the result of that case. I knew at the minute the judge was alive,’ Giuliani told a photographer for DailyMail.com. ‘This is the judge, I don’t know if she’s first or second in the most January six people put in jail for the longest period of time.’ 

‘She doesn’t have a fair bone in her body,’ he added. 

The former New York City mayor also denied being intoxicated as he was giving advice to Trump around Election Day 2020 – something Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigators have been probing. 

‘First of all when I represented Trump on the election case, when I represented Trump on the election case, 24 hours a day, I was in the presence of four, five, six people,’ Giuliani argued. ‘They can tell you how often I was drunk.’

A defiant Rudy Giuliani spoke to a photographer for DailyMail.com Wednesday, saying he wasn’t surprised by the legal setback in a defamation case against him filed by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss 

Wednesday’s ruling enables the defamation case to move forward to a trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. 

It’s unclear how much Giuliani will have to pay, but the fines could reach nearly $90,000.

In the meantime, Judge Howell said, Giuliani and his business entities will need to pay more than $130,000 in attorneys’ fees and other costs.

Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, both Georgia election workers in the 2020 cycle, demanded records in their defamation case against Giuliani. He refused to hand them over. 

Giuliani claimed he was unable to turn over the evidence for the defamation case because it was evidence in the federal investigation into Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election. 

‘The reason I didn’t comply with discovery is the FBI had all my material,’ Giuliani said. 

‘I couldn’t give them the material the FBI had. When the FBI gave it back to me, I gave it to them and the FBI in the process of spying on me for three years actually compromised some of my material,’ the lawyer also claimed. 

The former New York City mayor also denied being intoxicated as he was giving advice to Trump around Election Day 2020 – something Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigators have been probing

The case stems from their allegations against Giuliani for spreading false vote-rigging claims about them following the 2020 presidential election.

Giuliani admitted previously that his statements were false against Moss and Freeman, who claim their reputations were damaged by the remarks.

Howell says Giuliani will have one ‘final opportunity’ to produce the requested information for the case’s discovery or else face additional sanctions. 

The former New York Mayor is facing a civil trial in Washington, D.C. federal court to determine how much he will need to hand over in the defamation case.

Giuliani is facing a barrage of legal costs, including a $20,000 monthly fee to a company hosting his electronic records. 

Trump’s former attorney is one of the 18 co-defendants charged with the ex-President in Fulton County for the scheme to illegally overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

He turned himself over to authorities at Fulton County Jail last week and was booked.

His mug shot was released along with his 17 co-defendants and Trump.

Moss and Freeman’s complaint from December 2021 accused Giuliani, one of Trump’s top confidants, of defaming them by falsely claiming they engaged in fraud while counting ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia following the 2020 election.

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