Rudy Giuliani found guilty of contempt of court following his response to defamation judgment | Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court for failing to provide financial information related to the $148 million defamation judgment he owes two Georgia election officials.

Federal Judge Lewis Liman made the ruling during a hearing Monday in which the former New York mayor appeared remotely from his Palm Beach apartment building, after testifying in person for three hours last Friday.

“The defendant attempted to run the clock by buying time,” Liman said.

Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after attorneys for election workers said Giuliani failed to properly respond to requests to produce evidence in recent months.

Last Friday, Giuliani testified for about three hours in Liman’s Manhattan courtroom, but the judge allowed him to finish his testimony remotely Monday from his condominium in Palm Beach, Florida.

The hearing concerned a nearly $150 million judgment won by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election officials whom Giuliani defamed while advancing Trump’s lie that voter fraud in 2020 cost him victory over Joe Biden.

In court in November last year, Liman said Giuliani had failed to comply with orders to return assets, while the disgraced former mayor and Trump lawyer became angry and yelled at the judge that he couldn’t pay his bills.

At the start of the hearing Monday, Giuliani had an American flag background, which he said he used for an Internet program he runs, but the judge told him to replace it with a plain background.

Giuliani admitted during Monday’s testimony that he sometimes did not turn over everything requested because he thought the requests were too broad or inappropriate or even a “trap” set by lawyers for plaintiffs.

He also said he sometimes had difficulty providing information regarding his assets due to numerous criminal and civil court cases requiring him to produce factual information.

Giuliani, 80, said equipment turn-in requirements made it “impossible to function officially” about 30 to 40 percent of the time.