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A federal judge in New York on Monday found former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for not complying with court orders regarding financial information and assets in the defamation case of two Georgia election workers. 

Lawyers for former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss argued last week that Giuliani should be held in contempt for not complying with orders to forfeit certain assets like his World Series rings to help pay the $146 million defamation judgment that was levied against him.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman’s decision on Monday comes after Giuliani testified for two days about why he was unable to procure the assets and financial information as ordered. Giuliani claimed that he tried to comply with the orders, but blamed his former legal team for previous failures. He also admitted to having difficulty juggling several other cases against him. 

“The defendant has attempted to run the clock by stalling,” Liman said in his ruling, per NBC News. “Discovery is not supposed to be a shell game where the hidden ball is moved around and around.”

Liman said he will rule on the contempt penalties at a later date.

Giuliani said some of the items that were on his asset list have not been found, such as his autographed Joe DiMaggio jersey. He did find the proprietary lease for his multi-million dollar Manhattan apartment and the title for his Mercedes-Benz convertible, but they both include his ex-wife’s name on the documents and need to be amended before they can be turned over to Freeman and Moss.

The ruling comes as Giuliani prepares for a second contempt proceeding in Washington, D.C., this week, over whether he should be sanctioned for allegedly continuing to defame Freeman and Moss on his live-streamed “America’s Mayor Live” show.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.