Rudy Giuliani, Avoiding His Election Fraud Claims, Seeks to Toss Dominion Defamation Lawsuit | National Law Journal

Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, points to a map during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, 2020. Trump’s campaign revised a pivotal Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking to block certification of the state’s election results, adding a proposal that the Republican-controlled state legislature choose the winner instead of voters. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Rudy Giuliani is asking a federal judge to throw out Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against him on jurisdictional grounds.

In the 10-page motion to dismiss filed Wednesday—Giuliani’s first formal response to the complaint—attorney Joe Sibley wrote that Giuliani denies having “defamed plaintiffs or that he has engaged in any wrongful or malicious conduct toward plaintiffs.”