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The query is: Why ought to the court docket abstain from exercising its “inherent authority for an order holding Defendant Rudolph W. Giuliani in civil contempt and imposing sanctions” for failing to adjust to discovery within the assortment motion filed by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss?
And the reply is Hunter Biden.
This Courtroom ought to know that a number of of Plaintiffs’ counsels was companions with Hunter Biden as Boies Schiller Flexner LLC, President Joseph Biden’s son, and had been concerned with, upon data and perception, Burisma Holdings and/or Ukrainian points. These points turned very, very political and charged throughout the 2020 Presidential Marketing campaign and thereafter. A number of of the organizations of the Plaintiffs’ counsels are politically based mostly organizations, such because the group United to Defend Democracy, whose web site states” “Defend Democracy is a… group devoted to defeating the authoritarian menace… and defending liberal democracy. Our consultants and advocates use litigation, …. to face up for… the rule of legislation…. and a greater democracy for future generations”. It doesn’t matter what anybody says, the reality and reality is that Plaintiffs are represented by those that imagine in liberal democracy, and you’ve got a defendant whose beliefs are the antithesis of the Plaintiffs’ counsel.
The reply is that Decide Lewis Liman acquired extra Democratic votes to verify him in 2018 than Republicans:
This Courtroom ought to attempt to keep away from the politics concerned on this case. When the Honorable Decide of this Courtroom was nominated for the present District Decide place, no Democratic Senators voted in opposition to the nomination of the Honor Decide, however twenty 9 (29) Republican Senators voted in opposition to the Honorable Decide. Hopefully, the Honor Decide will have the ability to be unbiased in opposition to Defendant. Nevertheless, even subconsciously, a human being can have a political bias and the fast rocket docket strategy by this Courtroom and entertaining so a lot of Plaintiffs’ motions and letters from the Plaintiffs’ counsel and ruling in opposition to the Defendant practically 100% of the time is troubling.
Additionally, Decide Liman’s father Arthur Liman represented purchasers being prosecuted by the Southern District of New York, when Rudy was the US Legal professional for that workplace:
It’s Defendant’s current understanding that the Honorable Decide is the son of the late Arthur L. Liman, who it has been found handed away at a time when Defendant Rudolph Giuliani was the prosecutor as america Legal professional for the Southern District of New York, and the late Arthur L. Liman was representing sure defendants in Drexel Lambert prosecution instances (Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Dennis Levine). Defendant hopes that Defendant is afforded each proper underneath the legislation by this Courtroom in mild of the data that the Defendant earlier than this Courtroom is the one that was prosecuting the Honorable Decide’s late father Arthur L. Liman purchasers when or across the time that the Honorable Decide’s late father Arthur L. Liman handed away.
[Note: Arthur Liman, the renowned public interest lawyer who served as chief counsel for the Senate investigation of the Iran–Contra affair, died in 1997. Giuliani left SDNY in 1989.]
The reply is, you may’t maintain Rudy in contempt as a result of Willkie Farr & Gallagher is simply representing the ladies he defamed to get good publicity for the agency:
This Courtroom ought to see that Willkie Farr & Gallagher, allegedly working “professional bono” is publicizing this case and all instances involving Defendant Rudolph Giuliani, which possible will or has generated most likely thousands and thousands of {dollars} for Willkie Farr & Gallagher from different purchasers who dislike Defendant Rudolph Giuliani and/or President Trump. Professional bono attorneys wouldn’t spend 1000’s of hours on a professional bono project with out an ulterior motive – a revenue motive.
Plus Willkie Farr is fearful about unhealthy publicity as a result of Donald Trump can be president in January, and Rudy is Trump’s favourite professional bono lawyer:
This Courtroom has fast-tracked this case and it’s perplexing why this fast rocket docket strategy has been utilized, however the reality is that the Plaintiffs need this case over by January 20, 2025 when President Trump takes workplace, as a result of it’s not in Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s greatest pursuits to have this case continuing as soon as there’s a new administration in Washington, as purchasers of Willkie Farr & Gallagher who must work with the brand new administration in Washington could also be offended by the approaches taken by Willkie Farr & Gallagher with their method of overly aggressive discovery ways, designed to win, not on the deserves, however on default or sanctions, as a result of they can’t win based mostly on the information.
Did we point out Hunter Biden?
Plaintiffs and their counsel are in search of to take each asset of the Defendant earlier than there’s a change in administration from President Biden to President Trump. The actual fact is that this case advanced from the 2020 election, the place Defendant labored for President Trump and whereas the Plaintiffs’ counsel was to believed to have supported President Biden; that is what this fierce prosecution of this case derives from. Defendant was very outspoken in opposition to Hunter Biden and the Hunter Biden laptop computer which many individuals mentioned was Russian disinformation, when the reality finally got here out that the Hunter Biden laptop computer was genuine and actual. Not less than one among Plaintiffs’ counsel has emails within the public area with Hunter Biden on the identical emails, and such counsel was Particular Assistant to President Barak Obama and Affiliate White Home Counsel . The actual fact is that this case isn’t actually in regards to the judgment that the Plaintiffs obtained in a ghastly sum, among the many largest judgment ever in opposition to a person for defamation in america. It is a battle between the left and the appropriate and this is without doubt one of the final battles that exist from the 2020 election.
Rudy shouldn’t be sanctioned as a result of it’s his previous legal professionals’ fault he missed each discovery deadline. Now that he has Joe Cammarata, divorce lawyer to the celebrities (of Staten Island), on the case, it’s all going significantly better:
It seems that Plaintiffs’ counsel made it very troublesome for Defendant’s prior counsel, Kenneth Caruso, Esq. and David Labkowski, Esq. with motions and filings constantly accomplished till Kenneth Caruso, Esq. and David Labkowski, Esq. couldn’t take it anymore, they usually needed to withdraw as Defendant’s counsel. They nonetheless characterize the Defendant on the attraction earlier than america Courtroom of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Defendant’s counsel has skilled the voluminous filings by Plaintiffs’ counsel and is aware of that it is sort of a conflict with a dozen machine weapons taking pictures at you, and just one individual to defend it. It’s respectfully requested that this Courtroom take a step again and notice that that is what is occurring. Defendant has considerably complied with court docket orders and discovery since Defendant’s current counsel started to take over the illustration on November 26, 2024. Defendant was not the individual answerable for the Plaintiffs not receiving discovery previous to November 26, 2024, and he shouldn’t face any sanctions or penalties of any variety.
The reply is that Rudy shouldn’t be sanctioned since you gotta stick up for the little man, a former mayor and US Legal professional, when he’s being bullied by two civil servants whose lives he ruined by happening a media tour to accuse them of stealing an election:
The Honorable Decide as soon as mentioned that “The standard of our system of justice is measured by the service it supplies to the poorest and most despised members of society”. There are various people who had been in opposition to President Trump and as such, in opposition to Rudolph Giuliani, and lots of members of society despise Defendant Rudolph Giuliani and President Trump, nonetheless, the standard of our system of justice is measured by the service it supplies to defendants like Defendant Rudolph Giuliani, who the Plaintiffs and their counsel apparently possible despise.
And at last, Rudy shouldn’t be sanctioned on this case the place he’s making an attempt to determine Florida residency as a result of the court docket in DC refused to waive bond, permitting Freeman and Moss to go to collections. And Rudy can’t pay the bond, as evidenced by the connected chapter submitting from the Southern District of New York the place he mentioned his belongings had been lower than $10 million and listed his residency as New York:
The actual fact is that the supersedeas bond would have needed to be in an quantity in extra of $145 million, and as acknowledged within the chapter petition filed by Defendant, his belongings totaled between $1 million and $10 million (Exhibit “1”). There was no probably manner for Defendant to have obtained any bond as a result of worth of the judgment, which on attraction it’s anticipated can be reversed or the judgment quantity can be enormously diminished.
The contempt listening to is scheduled for January 3. However within the meantime, what with Cammarata and Giuliani (in his supporting declaration) making public representations about why his former legal professionals peaced out, Decide Liman has sua sponte given them till tomorrow to clarify why he shouldn’t unseal the paperwork saying precisely why prior counsel mentioned they couldn’t ethically proceed to characterize Rudy.
Freeman v. Giuliani [Docket via Court Listener]
Liz Dye lives in Baltimore the place she produces the Regulation and Chaos substack and podcast.
