<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay nearly $150M to former Georgia election workers"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">WASHINGTON – A federal jury <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/12/rudy-giuliani-defamation-damages-civil-death-penalty/71883795007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">ordered Rudy Giuliani</a>, Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer, to pay $148 million in damages to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/21/jan-6-hearing-day-4-live-updates/7658905001/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">two 2020 Georgia election workers</a> for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/17/georgia-indictment-giuliani-meadows-clark-eastman-powell-ellis/11331707002/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">falsely accusing them of election fraud</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The verdict for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/13/ruby-freeman-defamation-trial-rudy-giuliani/71911131007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Ruby Freeman</a> and her daughter, Shaye Moss, represents a huge reversal for the former federal prosecutor and onetime mayor of New York, who became known as "America's mayor" for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“I know that my country had a president imposed on it by fraud,” Giuliani told reporters outside the courthouse. When asked for evidence of his unproven conspiracy theories, he replied: “These are not conspiracy theories. These are proven facts. I’m not allowed to present it.”</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:440px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/12/15/USAT/71937093007-rudy-8.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/12/15/USAT/71937093007-rudy-8.jpg?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, speaks with reporters outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse after a verdict was reached in his defamation jury trial on Dec. 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. A jury has ordered Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages to Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">He vowed to appeal in a strident <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1735778393600208912" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">social media post</a>.</p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">Gasps in the courtroom</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"The absurdity of the amount is indicative of the absurdity and unfairness of the entire proceeding," Giuliani said. "It bore no resemblance to a trial in a country with the rule of law. I wasn't able to offer any evidence in my defense. We'll have more to say and look forward to the appeal."</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the damages. The jury awarded Freeman nearly $16.2 million and Moss nearly $17 million in defamation damages, $20 million each for the intentional infliction of emotional distress and a combined $75 million in punitive damages.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Freeman and Moss hugged their attorneys after the jury left the courtroom and didn’t look at...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-ruby-freeman-shaye-moss/71918610007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
