NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday threatened to hold former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for failing to surrender his luxury apartment and other belongings to two Georgia election workers he defamed and owes $148 million.

A judge has raised the possibility of holding Rudy Giuliani in contempt if he fails to turn over property to two Georgia poll workers he defamed after the 2020 election.

The former Trump attorney had been ordered to turn over his valuables to the two Georgia election workers he repeatedly defamed after the 2020 campaign.

A federal judge chastised Rudy Giuliani in a court hearing on why he has not surrendered his valuable assets as part of a $148 million defamation judgment. U.S. district judge Lewis Liman told the former New York City mayor's attorney that the idea that his client does not have any information about where those assets are located is “farcical"