Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million to Georgia election workers he defamed
A federal jury awarded Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million in damages after finding Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming them with false claims that they manipulated votes in Georgia. The mother-daughter poll workers testified about death threats, racist harassment, and having their lives destroyed after Giuliani repeatedly claimed video showed them 'passing USB drives' and engaging in fraud. Giuliani had already been found liable; the trial determined damages. Trump had amplified the same lies.
“Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?” — Shaye Moss testimony, January 6 Committee and defamation trial
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The Giuliani verdict demonstrated the human cost of Trump's election lies. Freeman and Moss became targets of a harassment campaign that destroyed their lives, all based on claims Giuliani knew were false. Giuliani later filed for bankruptcy.