Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and close ally of President-elect Donald Trump , must turn over his possessions by Friday in a defamation case or he is "about to find himself" in jail for being in contempt, legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday. "It looks like Rudy Giuliani is about to be held in contempt by a federal judge in New York because he keeps violating court orders to turn over his stuff, his assets, his real property, his personal property," Kirschner, a former U.S.
assistant attorney and frequent Trump critic, said in a Saturday video posted to his YouTube page. Kirschner noted on Saturday that while a monetary fine "is probably the most usual penalty for being held in contempt..
.the other way contempt is often punished and enforced, is by jailing someone." He continued that, given Giuliani may be held in contempt, he is "about to find himself [in jail] if he doesn't comply with the court order and turn over everything he has hiding, everything he's been violating court orders.
" Newsweek has reached out to Giuliani's spokesperson for comment via email on Sunday. Kirschner's comments come after federal Judge Lewis Liman, who is presiding over the case involving two defamed Georgia poll workers, set a final deadline of next week for Giuliani to turn over his possessions after he missed last week's deadline. "If he hasn't delivered, and there is a way in which he could have delivered, he'll be subject to contempt sanctions," Liman said on Thursda.
