Giuliani Trolls Court With Puppy Video Taken 1,000 Miles Away Amid No-Show Appearance

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the New York Federal Courthouse on November 7, 2024 in New York City. Giuliani appeared in a New York City courtroom after missing the deadline to turn over assets as part of $148m defamation judgement.
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Rudy Giuliani is not letting his legal woes ruin his inauguration excitement.

Despite being scheduled to testify in a New York courtroom, the disgraced lawyer was absent from the proceedings Thursday and instead shared a video of his Pomeranian frolicking at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

“Vinny loves hanging out at Mar-a-Lago, but he’s ready to spend a lot more time in Washington, D.C. over the course of the next four years in support of his favorite President—Donald J. Trump!,” Giuliani wrote alongside the clip of his pup on Thursday.

Several users on X were quick to point out, however, that Giuliani was tardy to testify in court.

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“You’re late for court,” one post read.

The former New York mayor was scheduled to appear in federal court for the first day of the trial deciding if he must surrender assets to two former Georgia election workers who won a defamation suit against him.

The MAGA loyalist, however, never appeared at the Manhattan courthouse after more than two hours.

Giuliani ultimately announced on X, however, that he had “reached a resolution” in the case, and would be maintaining his New York and Florida properties and “personal belongings.”

“I and the Plaintiffs have agreed not to ever talk about each other in any defamatory manner, and I urge others to do the same,” his post continued.

Giuliani was to testify before Judge Lewis Liman, who found him in contempt last week for failing to turn over information on some of his assets.

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The ex-Donald Trump attorney was also also was found in contempt last week in Washington, D.C., where the judge ruled that Giuliani continued to slander the election workers by repeating false claims that they fraudulently counted votes during the the 2020 presidential election.

It is unclear if the 80-year-old is currently with his pooch at Mar-a-Lago or elsewhere. Neither Giuliani, nor his spokesperson, could be immediately reached for comment.