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Lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two former Georgia election workers, a court in Washington, D.C., ruled.
Federal Judge Beryl Howell ruled Wednesday that Giuliani, an ex-personal attorney to former President Donald Trump, had defamed Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, election workers in Fulton County, and made false statements when he accused them of participating in election fraud.
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Howell’s three-page ruling entered a default judgment finding Giuliani liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damage claims. The court ordered Giuliani to cover Freeman’s and Moss’ attorney fees associated with discovery in the case. Giuliani will also have to pay punitive damages; that amount will be determined by a jury trial.
Howell instructed the jury to consider that Giuliani was “intentionally trying to hide relevant discovery about his financial assets for the purpose of artificially deflating his net worth” in determining punitive damages.
Freeman and Moss filed suit in December 2021 against Giuliani, saying he defamed them with false public statements that accused them of pulling ballots out of suitcases and tampering with the vote count at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Multiple recounts and audits affirmed President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in the 2020 election in Georgia,...
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