Rudy Giuliani to appear in court after missing deadline to surrender assets

Former New York City mayor ordered to report to court after date passed to surrender valuables as part of $148m defamation judgement

Rudy Giuliani will appear in a New York City courtroom on Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he has not surrendered his valuables as part of a $148m defamation judgment.

Lewis Liman, a US district judge, ordered the former New York City mayor to report to court after lawyers for the two former Georgia election workers who were awarded the large judgment visited Giuliani's Manhattan apartment last week only to discover it had been cleared out weeks earlier.