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Civil Trial Will Determine What Damages Rudy Giuliani Must Pay to Defamed Georgia Election Workers

HeadlineDec 12, 2023

In Washington, D.C., a federal jury will decide how much ex-President Trump’s disgraced former attorney Rudy Guiliani will pay, after a judge found him liable for defaming two Georgia election workers whom Giuliani falsely accused of ballot tampering after the 2020 election. As the trial got underway Monday, Giuliani’s lawyers argued the millions of dollars in damages sought by the workers — Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss — would amount to the “civil equivalent of the death penalty” and would “end Mr. Giuliani.”

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