A federal judge on Friday held Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for skirting an agreement not to make new false claims about two Georgia election workers he was ordered to pay $146 million for defaming.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., found Giuliani violated court orders barring him from defaming Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. She ordered him to review trial testimony and other materials from the case, and warned him that future violations could result in possible jail time.

A federal judge on Friday found former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for his continued defamation of two former Georgia election workers.

A judge suggested jail time was possible if Giuliani continues to repeat false claims about two Georgia election workers.

Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, was held in contempt of court on Friday, for the second time this week, in a case brought by two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of helping to rig the 2020 election.

Rudy Giuliani is expected to appear in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. Friday where a judge will weigh a request to hold the former Mayor of New York City in contempt in his defamation case.

A federal judge will hear arguments in Rudy Giuliani's second contempt of court hearing this week in the defamation case against him involving former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.

Rudolph Giuliani was held in contempt for the second time in one week after a federal judge found he violated an order to stop defaming two 2020 presidential election poll workers.