Federal judge expresses frustration at status of Giuliani's bankruptcy case

The federal judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case expressed frustration with the pace of Giuliani making the $148 million payment Tuesday, and rejected his latest attempt to challenge the judgment. 

Giuliani was ordered to pay the $148 million defamation verdict to election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in December, after falsely claiming they participated in election fraud during the 2020 presidential election. He filed for bankruptcy one week later.

The former Trump attorney has since missed key financial disclosure deadlines, and has not been able to sell his Florida or New York residences. 

“They have done nothing. They sold nothing. They settled nothing,” said Rachel Strickland, an attorney representing the election workers, told the judge according to the Associated Press. 

Strickland also accused Giuliani of purposely losing his job at a New York radio station by intentionally disobeying the rules laid out by the station when it comes to talking about election fraud. Giuliani was suspended from the station last week.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said he agrees with prosecutors when it comes to the work that has been achieved since Giuliani declared bankruptcy, and said he was "disturbed about the status of this case.”

Lane also instructed Giuliani's attorneys to stop the former New York City Mayor from making defamatory statements about the two election workers, who are mother and daughter. 

“[I am] not going to let this court be used as a place where parties can flout the requirements of the law," Lane told the attorneys. “Tell your client to stop. It’s not complicated.”

Giuliani's attorneys attempted to reassure the judge that the former attorney had work lined up, and that his New York apartment would be liquidated soon. Other details and filings would also allegedly be ironed out soon, the lawyers claimed. 

“They finally have, I think, gotten things on track,” Heath Berger, Giuliani's attorney, said.

Lane also rejected Giuliani's request to lift an automatic stay on his case, so he could challenge the judgment, which would delay the bankruptcy case.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.