What was Giuliani allegedly hiding?

To hear the judge in his defamation case tell it, Rudy Giuliani might have made a calculation: Whatever financial penalties he faced for failing to make records available in that case — and those penalties are looking as if they could be substantial — they were a worthwhile risk to avoid something even worse.

Judge Beryl A. Howell in a ruling Wednesday found Giuliani liable for defaming two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, whom he falsely accused of tampering with votes in the 2020 election.

Howell...