Rudy Giuliani appears at contempt hearing over election case judgment

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York on Friday (Adam Gray/AP)

Rudy Giuliani gave evidence on Friday at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a 148 million-dollar (£119 million) judgment for two Georgia election workers, lamenting the speedy deadline imposed on him to turn over information about his assets.

The former New York City mayor testified in Manhattan federal court that the two-week timeframe he was given to respond to the requests “was very short”, in comparison to how long he was given to provide information in 15 to 20 other court cases he is involved in.