Judge orders default judgment, sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in election workers’ lawsuit

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a default judgment against former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and ordered him to pay sanctions of nearly $133,000 in a civil conspiracy lawsuit by two Georgia election workers he had claimed mishandled ballots in the 2020 presidential contest.
Judge Beryl Howell sanctioned Giuliani for failing to comply with her orders endorsing the demands for documents and other evidence sought in the case by lawyers for the election workers, Rudy Freeman and Wandrea’ ArShaye Moss.
Howell blasted Giuliani for “willful ... misconduct,” in failing to turn over the requested information as part of the legal process known...