Defamation and Legal Complexities

OA1104 - America's Dismayor, and other great stories to help close out 2024 on a positive note!

Rudy Giuliani’s long, greasy slide from the heights of New York power seems to be ending in the same Manhattan federal courthouse in which he made his career as the US Attorney for the Southern District of NY. We take a closer look at the often hilarious lengths America’s former mayor has gone to in the past year to avoid paying the $148 million judgment he earned by casually defaming two hardworking Georgia election volunteers. Also discussed: why the House Ethics Committee decided to release its report on Matt Gaetz, Biden's commutation of 92% of the federal death row, and a legitimately good decision from the Supreme Court that we meant to talk about earlier. Finally, Matt drops a footnote with what he is promising will be the last time that he talks about fonts this year.

• Freeman v. Giuliani docket

• Giuliani’s written stipulation to making per se defamatory statements (7/25/23)

• Judge Liman’s “turnover” order (10/22/24)

• Judge Howell’s default judgment order (8/30/23)

• Giuliani’s 55-page response to the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions (12/19/24)

• The America First Warehouse (America’s Most Patriotic Venue)

• U.S. v. Rahimi (June 21, 2024)

• “Preferred Typefaces for Briefs,” Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (12/9/24)

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