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Victims: Giuliani Surrendered Apartment—but It Was Empty

Now the former Trump lawyer has to go back to court in his 2020 election defamation case

(Newser) - It's Election Day 2024, but the 2020 election continues to live on for Rudy Giuliani: As CNN reports, the former New York City mayor must now report to federal court on Thursday in the defamation case brought against him by two Georgia election workers. As ordered by a judge...

Judge Orders Giuliani to Turn Over Apartment, Car, TV

Assets will be transferred to Georgia election workers he defamed

(Newser) - The 2024 election is almost upon us but Rudy Giuliani is still paying for 2020. A federal judge has ordered the former New York City mayor to turn many of his assets, including his Manhattan penthouse apartment, over to two Georgia election workers he defamed after the 2020 election, CNN...

Vance Offers Most Direct Response to 2020 Question

Did Trump lose the election? 'No,' he replies, 'not by the words I would use'

(Newser) - JD Vance has been accused lately of dodging the question of whether he believes Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and on Wednesday he offered a direct "no" in his answer, reports the Washington Post . The exchange:
  • Reporter: "What message do you think it sends to independent voters
...

Far-Right Site Admits Innocence of Georgia Election Workers

Gateway Pundit publishes admission after settling lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss

(Newser) - The Gateway Pundit published an admission Saturday that Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss did not commit voter fraud when counting votes in the 2020 presidential election, a false accusation the far-right site gave life to by being the first to name the Georgia election workers. The allegations led to intimidation...

Melania on 2020 Election: 'It Was a Mess'

Former first lady dishes on that, her first encounter with husband, son Barron, and more in new book

(Newser) - Melania Trump's new memoir, Melania , dropped on Tuesday, and the reviews range from describing it as one of "graceful grievance" to calling it "truly bad" and "deeply weird." The former first lady's remarks about her stance on abortion rights earned attention before the 256-page...

'One-Time Hero to Election Deniers' Is Going to Jail

Ex-county clerk Tina Peters gets 9 years

(Newser) - The former clerk of a Colorado county who tampered with voting machines was on Thursday sentenced to nine years behind bars. Tina Peters, who messed with the machines in an unsuccessful attempt to show the 2020 presidential election had been rigged against Donald Trump, was at the time a hero...

Newsmax, Smartmatic Settle Defamation Suit Over 2020 Vote

Voting technology company has similar case against Fox after reaching deal with One America News

(Newser) - Newsmax has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Smartmatic over the cable channel's false claims that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 presidential election to favor Joe Biden. Terms of the deal, reached as jury selection was underway, were not announced, NBC News reports. The trial was to...

Another Place Just Yanked Giuliani's Law License

Ex-NYC mayor is now disbarred in Washington, DC, as well as in New York

(Newser) - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, DC, on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss. The brief ruling from Washington DC's appeals court said Giuliani...

Jury Clears 5 Out of 6 'Trump Train' Drivers

They surrounded Biden-Harris campaign bus on Texas highway days before 2020 election

(Newser) - A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared a group of Donald Trump supporters and found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called "Trump Train" that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election. The two-week trial in a federal courthouse in Austin centered...

Trump Says He Had 'Every Right' to Interfere in Election

Critics pounce on his remark to Fox host

(Newser) - Donald Trump's remarks Sunday on the updated election interference indictment contained what sounded to some critics like a confession. The former president told Mark Levin on Fox News' Life, Liberty and Levin that he had "every right" to interfere in the 2020 election, the Hill reports. "It'...

Election Workers Push Back on 'Brazen" Giuliani Move

Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss file suit over ex-NYC mayor's attempt to protect his luxury Florida condo

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani hasn't been having a great year , and things just got a bit worse. Right after a judge dismissed his bankruptcy case last month, the Trump ally and former New York City mayor filed a declaration that said his luxury condo in Palm Beach, Florida, was his new...

Trump's Georgia Case Will Stay Frozen Until After Election

Appeals court sets December date for Fani Willis hearing

(Newser) - In yet another setback for prosecutors going after Donald Trump, a key hearing connected to the Georgia election interference case has been moved to after the election. A state appeals court that agreed in May to hear an appeal of a ruling allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay...

Giuliani Disbarred in New York
Giuliani Disbarred
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Jul 2, 2024 10:55 AM CDT

Giuliani Disbarred in New York

Court finds former Trump lawyer repeatedly made false statements about 2020 election loss

(Newser) - Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor, and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in his home state on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss. The decision was handed down by a New York appeals court...

On Last Day of Supreme Court Term, a Ruling 'for the Ages'

SCOTUS will decide Monday on the Trump presidential immunity case

(Newser) - Monday's the day that the US Supreme Court wraps up its current term, and the cases are expected to start dropping at 10am ET, per NBC News . Likely set for last will be the blockbuster decision in the presidential immunity case, which will rule on whether Donald Trump can...

Nevada Judge Throws Out Fake Electors Indictment

Attorney general plans to appeal, while Republicans' lawyers contend case is over

(Newser) - A Nevada state court judge dismissed a criminal indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 presidential election, potentially killing the case by ruling that state prosecutors chose the wrong venue to file the case. Nevada...

Wisconsin Has Bad News for Three Trump Operatives

Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, 2 others charged with filing false paperwork alleging Trump had won the state

(Newser) - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges against two attorneys and an aide as part of a plan to subvert President Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the battleground state in 2020, per the AP . The charges were filed against Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis,...

Georgia Plea Has Ramifications for Ex-Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis

Her home state of Colorado bans her from practicing law for 3 years

(Newser) - Colorado legal officials on Tuesday approved an agreement with Jenna Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Trump, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after she pleaded guilty to helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. Ellis tearfully pleaded guilty to felony charges of...

Giuliani, 10 Others Arraigned in Arizona Fake Electors Case

He was ordered to come to Arizona within 30 days

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani and ten other people indicted in the Arizona election case pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges Tuesday—but Giuliani was the only one ordered to post a bond. Giuliani, who taunted prosecutors before he was served with the indictment notice at his 80th birthday party...

Giuliani Is Served at Birthday Party
Arizona Answers
Giuliani's Taunt
May 18, 2024 3:00 PM CDT

Arizona Answers Giuliani's Taunt

Election case defendant is served at his birthday party in Florida

(Newser) - "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning; 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must concede they can't count votes," Rudy Giuliani posted Friday night on X . The Arizona attorney general's office accepted the challenge, NBC News reports. An hour or so...

Trump Legal Strategist Enters Plea in Arizona Case

John Eastman is the first defendant arraigned in state's fake elector case

(Newser) - Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges over his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump's loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Eastman, who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the election,...

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