WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for the second time this week — by a second federal judge — for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a $148 million defamation judgment.
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Photos: Rudy Giuliani through the years
Rudolph Giuliani holds up his son, Andrew, 3, at a news conference where he announced his candidacy for New York City mayor, Wednesday, May 17, 1989. The former U.S. attorney of Manhattan is flanked by his wife, Donna Hanover, left, and his mother, Helen Giuliani. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)
From left: Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., New York Governor George Pataki, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton D-N.Y., and New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerrick walk along Greenwich Street, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, to visit the scene of the World Trade Center destruction. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
** FILE **New York Gov. George Pataki, left, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., tour the site of the World Trade Center disaster, in this Sept. 12, 2001, file photo. Giuliani's experience on Sept. 11 and at ground zero propelled him into presidential politics, yet by his own admission, it may also weaken his health _ a key issue for any candidate seeking the White House. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani gestures while speaking during the Riga Conference, on the sidelines of a NATO summit, at Blackheads House in Riga, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006. According to a poll released on Monday, that scores the popularity of national leaders, Americans have the warmest feelings about former New York City ,Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Republican mayoral candidate Rudolph Giuliani shakes hands of supporters and parade goers at the annual Columbus Day parade on Fifth Avenue in New York on Friday, Oct. 6, 1989. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Actor Bruce Willis holds his Crystal Apple Achievement Award for movie and TV production in New York during presentation from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, left, at Gracie Mansion in New York City, Wednesday, June 14, 1995. The mayor's wife, Donna Hanover, is at right. (AP Photo/Janet Durrans)
** FILE ** Republican New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, right foreground, gestures as he speaks to Democratic supporters who turned out to endorse his re-election at a rally at City Hall Park in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997. Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of ultraliberal New York City, supports a woman's right to choose an abortion, domestic partnership benefits for gay couples and gun-control measures _ and he's a Republican. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, center, doffed with a red clown nose and ringmaster's top hat, is joined by Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus clowns Chris Allison, left, and Karen DeSanto, right, at City Hall Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in New York. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers his testimony before a House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Wednesday Feb 24,1999 in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Smith)
New York Gov. George Pataki, left, and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are seen at a press conference in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, as they ask for help for help in locating the devices carried on the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Republican presidential hopefuls former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speak simultaneously during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks about his tax plan during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Republican presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to the media after visiting his California campaign headquarters Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, in Glendale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks after getting the endorsement of Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, right, during a news conference in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, interrupts Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, during an exchange on immigration at the CNN/You Tube debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/ Chris O'Meara)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks during a town hall meeting Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Bradneton, Fla. (AP Photo/Craig Litten)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks to reporters at a campaign rally in Sarasota, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, pays his breakfast tab during a visit to Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House Restaurant in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talks to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and congressional candidate Van Tran rub the belly of a Buddha statue for good luck after a news conference with U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina in the Little Saigon section of Westminster, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President-elect Donald Trump, right, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pose for photographs as Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, pretends spit on a piece of paper as he speaks about the Iran nuclear agreement while speaking at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy at the Grand Hyatt, Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
