Rudy Giuliani has been denied his request to move the date of an impending trial so that he can be in Washington to mark Donald Trump's inauguration.
Giuliani, who is embroiled in a legal battle after defaming two Georgia election workers, was told by Judge Lewis Liman that his "social calendar" was insufficient reason to change the trial date.
Giuliani's lawyer, Joseph M. Cammarata told Judge Liman, the US District judge overseeing the case in Manhattan, that his client is an advisor to the President-elect and should be at events surrounding his swearing in which will occur on January 20.
The request came during a heated hearing in which the longterm ally of Trump appeared to lose his cool when questioned over his failure to provide the title to a car he must surrender as part of a $148 million defamation judgment.
Addressing Giuliani's lawyer, Judge Liman expressed doubt that his client was unable to obtain a duplicate title to the car.
Giuliani reportedly interjected: "The implication I've been not diligent about it is totally incorrect.
"The implication you make against me and every implication against me is wrong."
According to AP, he continued: "I'm not impoverished. Everything I have is tied up. I don't have a car. I don't have a credit card. I don't have cash. I can't get to bank accounts that truly would be mine because they have put ... stop orders on, for example, my Social Security account, which they have no right to do,"
Courthouse sketch artist Jane Rosenberg told CNN: "He was wild . . . I feel bad for anyone who represents him. He blurts out orders at his lawyers or at the podium and, you know, he's interrupting all the time."
The Trump Transition Team has been contacted via email for comment.
Giuliani has been ordered to pay Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss $11 million in assets as a down payment after court found that he had promulgated conspiracy theories about ballot tampering when Trump lost the 2020 election.
The assets he must forgo include his vintage Mercedes and luxury watches, as well as the keys to his New York City apartment.
A Florida residence and World Series rings are among the assets Giuliani is attempting to protect from confiscation under Liman's order, which requires him to surrender numerous prized possessions to the poll workers.
Outside of the courtroom, Giuliani accused Liman, who was nominated by Trump to the bench, of being a "serious leftwing Democrat ... about as leftwing as you get."
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