The Lincoln Project’s lawyers sent a blistering letter to Rudy Giuliani instructing him to apologize for false and slanderous statements he made about the organization and its members, or “refuse at your own peril.” The letters also instructed Giuliani to preserve all records, a move typical prior to the beginning of lawsuits.

“You were once a respected and respectable figure,” the letter starts.

“Your unfortunate, self-inflicted decline has been a public spectacle.  You wanted to ‘lock her up.’  You panhandled foreign interests.  You defended porn-star payoffs in eye-popping media appearances.  You revealed sleazy schemes in butt-dialed voicemails.  You gave a mattress-top interview to someone you thought was a journalist ‘looking for more,’ but turned out to be only a comedian who showed you to be an easy mark.  You represented the President of the United States in a parking lot press conference held right outside Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Fantasy Island Adult Bookstore, and Philadelphia Crematorium.  You oozed hair dye while you spouted lies about the 2020 election.  You assembled and led an ‘Elite Strike Force’ legal team that somehow couldn’t manage to spell or win in court.”

Part of the case is an unsubstantiated claim by Giuliani that a member of the Lincoln Project helped to organize the domestic terrorist attack on the US Capitol on January 6th.  Giuliani made the claim on Steve Bannon’s radio show earlier this week.