(CNBC) Rudy Giuliani sued President Joe Biden for defamation Wednesday, saying he lost clients and podcast listeners after Biden called him a “Russian pawn” during an October 2020 debate with then-President Donald Trump.
Giuliani said he had not yet calculated how much he would seek in monetary damages from Biden and the campaign and fundraising committees that also are named in the complaint in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, New Hampshire.
“You can do that later. But it’s in the millions and billions of dollars,” said the former New York City mayor at a press conference outside the court.
The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment about Giuliani’s lawsuit.
Giuliani previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer. He played a leading role in promoting false claims that Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden only as a result of widespread ballot fraud.
His suit against Biden comes a week after the president’s son, Hunter Biden, sued Giuliani for alleged violations of computer fraud and data access.
Weeks before the 2020 election, Giuliani gave the New York Post a purported copy of Hunter’s laptop computer. He and other Trump allies claim the laptop contains proof of Hunter Biden’s allegedly corrupt business dealings in Ukraine.
Giuliani’s new lawsuit mentions the laptop
