Federal District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, DC wants a little clarity from professionally-neutered Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a.k.a. “Co-conspirator 1,” who filed paperwork last month effectively admitting he said defamatory statements against Fulton County election workers Shae Moss and Ruby Freeman.
It’s a curious filing in the case, given that Moss and Freeman are suing Giuliani for defamation. Admitting both that he made that statements and that the statements were false and defamatory is an unusual defense strategy, so Howell wants Giuliani to either explicitly state that he is knowingly admitting that all the substantive claims Moss and Freeman allege are true, thereby moving to an immediate default judgment for the plaintiffs, or submit a statement explaining exactly what the fuck he meant when he stipulated to every element of proof needed to prove the case against him.
Again, although it’s unusual for a defendant to admit they committed the offense they’re accused of, it’s not unusual: Two of Donald Trump’s lawyers did it multiple times yesterday in a federal criminal case.