Watch live arrivals at a court in New York City for a hearing in Rudy Giuliani's case over the handover of property to two Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed on Tuesday, 26 November.
A judge will hear arguments about the former NYV mayor's attempt to change his lawyers in the case, as well as over subpoenas the election workers served on some of Giuliani's aides.
It comes after Giuliani asked the court to delay his trial with the pair of election workers he defamed so he can attend Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Giuliani’s trial is scheduled for January 16, 2025, four days before the President-elect's inauguration.
He has asked the court to adjourn the trial until on or after January 22, so that he can attend the inauguration events.
“There would be no harm to the plaintiffs by a delay of a few days in the trial schedule, and I am sure that the Court would have other dates available other than January 16, 17, or 20, 2025 for this trial,” when the inauguration events are set to take place, argued Joseph Cammarata, an attorney for Giuliani, in a Friday letter to the judge.
Last December, a jury found Giuliani owes Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss nearly $150m after he defamed them by spreading false claims that they manipulated the 2020 election results in favor of Joe Biden. The ruling led the disbarred attorney to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which has since been dismissed.
The mother-daughter duo are now allowed to seize his belongings to collect what they are owed.
