This story was updated on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at 8:06 p.m.
Two lawyers say they can no longer represent Rudy Giuliani in a legal fight over property he’s been ordered to give up to two former Georgia election workers to satisfy part of a $148 million defamation judgment against him. They asked a judge to remove them from the case, citing disagreements with the former New York City mayor.
The request in federal court comes a week after a judge ordered Giuliani to turn over by Friday a Mercedes that once belonged to actress Lauren Bacall, an heirloom watch and other prized assets to two former Georgia election workers who sued him over his remarks about them as he fought to overturn President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
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