Federal Judge Upholds Fulton County Poll Workers' $148M Defamation Verdict Against Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to former US President Donald Trump, arrives ahead of a campaign event with Trump, not pictured, in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Trump suggested Nikki Haley was out of the running to be his vice presidential pick, as the two traded <a href=some of their sharpest barbs yet with the New Hampshire primary just four days away. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg" width="767" height="634" />

Giuliani targeted poll workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss of Fulton County, Georgia, stating to Georgia lawmakers in a committee of the state Legislature that Freeman and Moss were shown in a video circulating online "surreptitiously passing around USB ports," allegedly manipulating voting results.

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Former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Rudy Giuliani will have to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers he accused of fraud, after U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell shot down his appeal of a defamation judgment against him on April 15. After the 2020 Election, Giuliani targeted poll workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss of Fulton County, Georgia, stating to Georgia lawmakers in a committee of the state Legislature that Freeman and Moss were shown in a video circulating online “surreptitiously passing around USB ports,” allegedly manipulating voting results.

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