A defiant Rudy Giuliani headed to his New York office on Tuesday, less than a week after he was ordered to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers.
DailyMail.com spotted the 79-year-old 'America's Mayor' walking in Manhattan after doubling down on claims that have brought him to the brink of financial disaster.
When asked about his thoughts on the Georgia verdict, he again said he would appeal, echoing a statement he made last week.
The former prosecutor and mayor of New York does not like the prospect of lawyers using all his assets to pay off the damages awarded against him on Friday evening.
On Monday night, he was sued again by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss for spreading the same “lies” about the 2020 election for which they successfully sued him.
A defiant Rudy Giuliani headed to his New York office on Tuesday, less than a week after he was ordered to pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers
They claimed their lives were made a living hell and they were unable to leave their homes after he accused them of collecting ballots to try to rig the vote for Joe Biden.
But an unfazed Giuliani said in an interview that he stands by his allegations about Freeman and Moss, claiming the verdict was the result of the Biden regime's “fascist system.”
He told Newsmax's Rob Schmitt on Monday night, “They're suing me because I want to lie to them.” I'm sorry, I can't.
“If I showed you the evidence now … people would see that what I said was absolutely true and that there is support for it.”
He also said the judge decided he was guilty “not on the basis of any evidence, but on the basis of my failure to turn over certain financial documents.”
The interview emerged just hours after Freeman and Moss' second lawsuit was filed.
DailyMail.com spotted the 79-year-old, formerly known as 'America's Mayor', walking in Manhattan after doubling down on claims that have brought him to the brink of financial disaster
When asked about his views on the Georgia verdict, he again said he would appeal, echoing a statement he made last week
The former prosecutor and mayor of New York looks down on the prospect of lawyers using all his assets to pay off the damages awarded against him on Friday evening
“Defendant Giuliani continues to spread the very same lies for which he has already been held accountable,” the new indictment says.
'(His) statements coupled with his refusal to agree to refrain from continuing to make such statements make it clear that he intends to continue his campaign of targeted defamation and intimidation. It must stop,” the new filing said.
On Friday, after the verdict was handed down, Giuliani insisted that everything he said about Moss and Freeman was true.
He said his claims were 'supportable and remain supportable today.'
“It will be reversed so quickly it will make your head spin, and the absurd number that just came in will actually contribute to that,” Giuliani said.
Giuliani declined to testify in his own defense, insisting he was not given a chance to present his case. He also said his claims of cheating were “supportable” – despite no evidence ever being presented.
“I have no doubt that my comments were made and they were supportable and they remain supportable today,” he said.
“I just haven't had the opportunity to present the evidence that we presented.”
He said he didn't testify because it “didn't seem like it would convince anyone.”
The latest lawsuit came after U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell raised concerns about how possible future comments from Giuliani could be scrutinized — and as former President Donald Trump called the ruling against Giuliani “sad.”
The verdict was a catastrophic blow to the former New York mayor and vindication for election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who said his accusations triggered a barrage of threats that made their lives hell.
“I think it's so sad what happened to Rudy,” Trump told reporters after DailyMail.com asked him about the situation during a campaign briefing by staffers in West Palm Beach.
“He's a great patriot, he's the greatest mayor in the history of New York. I think it's a very, very unfair situation,” Trump said during a walk-in appearance.
“I'm not going to comment on any future legal issues, but I will say this: the Rudy Giuliani you see today is the same man who took down the Mafia, cleaned up New York City and got hundreds of thousands of people out of it. poverty, and comforted the nation – and the world – after the terrorist attacks of September 11,” said Giuliani political advisor Ted Goodman.