Judge Tosses Giuliani’s Defamation Suit Against Biden

Law & Crime reports:

Because Rudy Giuliani “utterly failed” to establish personal jurisdiction in his New Hampshire defamation lawsuit against President Joe Biden, a federal judge last Friday threw out the case.

In October 2023, before he was himself found liable for defaming 2020 Georgia election workers and slapped with a $148 million judgment, Giuliani held a press conference and announced his plans to sue Biden for referring to him as a “Russian pawn” during a 2020 debate with Donald Trump in Nashville, Tenn.

Giuliani claimed that he was falsely branded as “a Russian pawn” and a “facilitator of Russian disinformation,” damaging his law practice and consulting business (he has since been disbarred in New York and, after the $148 million judgment, he filed for bankruptcy).

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A federal judge has tossed Rudy Giuliani’s defamation lawsuit against Joe Biden, saying he had “utterly failed” to carry his burden. https://t.co/RIld31Zsuw pic.twitter.com/MS6xaV6P2N

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 16, 2024