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Pointing to his history as an “uncooperative litigant” and concerns that he will try to “conceal his assets” during any appeals, a federal judge has ordered that Rudy Giuliani must “immediately” pay $148m to a mother-daughter pair of election workers who sued him for defamation.

The women then asked the court to dissolve a 30-day pause in the order, fearing that Mr Giuliani “will use whatever time he has to alienate or dissipate what assets are available to satisfy even a small portion” of the judgment awarded to them.

In a devastating order on Wednesday, US District Judge Beryl Howell – who has been repeatedly frustrated by Mr Giuliani’s attempts to evade evidence throughout the case – struck down his arguments, and criticised his apparent ability to hire a spokesperson while avoiding his obligations to the court and the plaintiffs.

During their emotional testimony on the witness stand, they detailed their pain, nightmares and overwhelming anxiety after Mr Giuliani falsely claimed they wheeled a suitcase loaded with fraudulent ballots into a vote-counting centre in Atlanta, Georgia and then used a flash drive to manipulate the results to ensure Joe Biden’s victory.

The jury’s verdict delivers a massive legal and financial blow to Mr Giuliani, a prominent amplifier of conspiracy theories about election fraud who is now at the centre of two criminal indictments stemming from attempts to overturn 2020 results.

The verdict adds to a mountain of other legal obligations, including the election interference case in Atlanta that also involves the same lies about the women he now owes tens of millions of dollars.

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