Rudy Giuliani insists he is not hiding assets at contempt hearing

Giuliani gave three hours of evidence at a hearing in Manhattan (AP)

Rudy Giuliani has insisted at a contempt hearing that he is not hiding assets from lawyers trying to recover $148m after a defamation judgment in favour of two Georgia election workers.

Judge Lewis J Liman seemed less inclined to find the former New York mayor in contempt for failing to turn over some of his assets, including a valuable signed Joe DiMaggio jersey that appeared to go missing after Giuliani said he last saw it around September 11 in his Manhattan apartment.