“How can you not be so sad for the country?” Giuliani told Friday’s “Greg Kelly Reports” on Newsmax hours after the jury verdict ruled on the amount and not Giuliani’s guilt or innocence. “Here I am in the District of Columbia: The first time I came here I got goose bumps; I’m going to leave here thinking that this District of Columbia court is a fascist court.”

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2010, in August found Giuliani civilly liable for two Georgia election worker’s claims of “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy, and punitive damage” before the trial began because he did not turn over personal financial documents in a timely manner to the defense.

[Well, maybe, but this was a ‘fascism’ of Giuliani’s own making. He refused to fully comply with discovery, even after being given multiple opportunities to cooperate. Howell imposed escalating sanctions in response to Giuliani’s refusal to comply with legitimate discovery deadlines, and eventually got stuck with the bill. As far as putting on a defense, Giuliani stipulated at one point that his allegations were false but still covered by the First Amendment, only to later contradict that publicly. Giuliani has plenty of opportunity to appeal on all of these issues, which argues against ‘fascism.’ — Ed]