On Rudy Giuliani’s Common Sense podcast posted to YouTube, Giuliani and disgraced journalist John Solomon recycled disproven conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, even though Giuliani is currently a target of an investigation in Fulton County and is being sued by two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, for the fallout from his targeted conspiracy theories.
Giuliani was subpoenaed by a Fulton County grand jury in July 2022 for both his role in a 2020 state Senate hearing where he made false election fraud claims and his continued efforts to spread the false claims after they were disproved. He testified before the grand jury in August after he tried to claim he wasn’t healthy enough to fly to the state and was ordered by the judge to arrive “on a train, on a bus or Uber.” The investigation is led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and is likely to result in criminal charges, though it is not clear for which of the 17-plus people targeted.
Freeman and Moss were targeted by Giuliani’s conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the 2020 election based on a video of them doing their jobs. His witch hunt led to violent threats and harassment against the mother and daughter, who filed a defamation lawsuit against One America News, several OAN employees, and Giuliani in response to the conspiracy theories. The case against OAN and its reporters was settled, but the case against Giuliani is ongoing, with the...
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