WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia election worker told jurors Tuesday that she feared for her life as she received a barrage of racist and threatening messages fueled by Rudy Giuliani’s false claims that she and her mother had rigged the 2020 election results in the state.
Wiping away tears on the witness stand, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, read messages accusing her of treason and calling her a thug and a racist term. She recounted changing her appearance to try to hide as Giuliani and other allies of former President Donald Trump used surveillance footage to accuse her and her mother, Ruby Freeman, of committing voter fraud.
“I was afraid for my life. I literally felt like someone going to come and attempt to hang me and there’s nothing that anyone will be able to do about it,” the 39-year-old said.
Her emotional testimony came on the second day of a defamation trial that Giuliani’s lawyer has said could financially ruin the former New York City mayor. He is also preparing to defend himself against criminal charges in a separate case in Georgia over his efforts to keep Trump in power.
The judge overseeing the defamation case has already found Giuliani liable and Giuliani has also acknowledged in court that he made public comments falsely claiming Freeman and Moss committed fraud while counting ballots. The only issue remaining in the trial is the amount of damages Giuliani will have to pay the women.
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