'Biden 1, Giuliani 0': Attorney tears apart Giuliani’s defamation lawsuit against the president

Once a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is now a co-defendant in Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney's criminal case against 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Giuliani is also the target of multiple civil lawsuits.

But the former Trump attorney has filed a lawsuit of his own, accusing President Joe Biden of defamation for, among other things, describing him as a "Russian pawn."

In an op-ed published by the Daily Beast on October 16, attorney Mark Hermann examines the merits of Giuliani's case against the president.

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Hermann writes, " Who will win on the merits of the lawsuit? Did Biden defame Giuliani or did he not?.... As others have noted, there is some evidence that Giuliani was, in fact, being manipulated by the Russians during the 2020 election."

According to Hermann, Giuliani has so many legal problems of his own that he may, at some point, decide that suing Biden isn't worth the time and effort.

"Over time, as civil liability or a criminal conviction likely rain down on Giuliani, and the costs of pursuing the New Hampshire defamation case rack up, the lawyers may choose not to pursue the case any further," Hermann explains. Here's my prediction: Biden's lawyers will stall the New Hampshire case for a couple of years, and Giuliani will later decide to dismiss that case — both because the case has little value and because Giuliani has more important things to worry about."

The attorney continues, "The final score will be: Biden 1, Giuliani 0.

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Read Mark Hermann's full Daily Beast op-ed at this link (subscription required).