WASHINGTON − Rudy Giuliani, previously the legal advisor for President-elect Donald Trump, has been declared in civil contempt for the second time this week in his ongoing $148 million defamation case involving two Georgia election workers.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington found him in contempt on Friday for continuing to make defamatory remarks about Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea’ “Shaye” Moss, even after agreeing to refrain from such statements.

This ruling follows another contempt finding by U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in New York on Monday. Liman had directed Giuliani to hand over certain assets to the women, including a Mercedes Benz that belonged to Lauren Bacall, a Manhattan apartment, and a signed Joe DiMaggio baseball jersey, to settle his obligations.

Giuliani criticized Howell on social media, labeling her “bloodthirsty” and asserting that she would issue a “highly prejudiced, usual, biased decision.” He referred to the hearing as “a hypocritical waste of time” in a post shared on X, which was previously known as Twitter.

Freeman and Moss have filed a defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, claiming he falsely accused them of tampering with ballots while they were counting votes at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.

Giuliani alleged they were “passing around USB drives as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine.” Freeman and Moss clarified that they were actually sharing ginger mints during a U.S. House hearing.

Since the $148 million verdict in December 2023, Freeman and Moss stated that Giuliani has not given them “a single dollar” from his cash assets. They reported that while he transferred the car, he did so without the title, the apartment still lists Giuliani’s ex-wife as the owner, and the jersey has never been handed over, according to court documents.

“He deliberately neglected to search for and provide documents that were relevant to the plaintiffs’ request,” referenced Aaron Nathan, an attorney for the women, during the initial contempt hearing.

The election workers also claimed that Giuliani has continued to slander them on his podcast, “America’s Mayor Live,” despite the ruling in their favor.

On November 19, 2024, Giuliani accused them of “quadruple counting” votes on election night, as stated in a court filing. Just days later, on November 21, 2024, he dismissed an injunction against disparaging the women as “a little ridiculous,” declaring “to hell with it,” according to court submissions.

At 80 years old, Giuliani claims that his life has been severely disrupted by the lawsuit, though he asserts that he has not “willfully disobeyed” any court instructions.

“We are in substantial compliance,” asserted Giuliani’s attorney, Joseph Cammarata, during the court session on Monday. “There has been no defiance towards the court.”

This defamation lawsuit is just one of several legal issues facing Giuliani following his aggressive but unfounded challenges to the 2020 election results. He is also facing criminal charges related to election interference in both Arizona and Georgia and has been disbarred in New York and Washington.