Rudy Giuliani goes to trial on Monday in a civil defamation case that might pressure him to pay hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to 2 Georgia election employees he falsely accused of working to rig the 2020 presidential election towards Donald Trump, Andrew Goudsward reports for Reuters. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, a voter registration officer, and her mom Ruby Freeman, who was a short lived employee for the election accused Giuliani of orchestrating a “sustained smear marketing campaign” by falsely accusing them of election fraud as Giuliani looked for proof to bolster Trump’s effort to overturn his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
A federal choose has already decided that Giuliani is chargeable for defaming the 2 ladies, the one query for the jury is how a lot he’ll owe in damages. Giuliani’s lawyer intends to argue that Giuliani’s remarks had a minimal connection to the hurt Moss and Freeman suffered, whereas a spokesman for former mayor and Trump lawyer stated the case is politically motivated. Each the 2 ladies and Giuliani himself are anticipated to testify on the trial, which is because of conclude this week.
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