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National Review
National Review
19 Dec 2023
David Zimmermann


NextImg:Georgia Poll Workers Sue Giuliani for Second Time after Receiving $148 Million Defamation Settlement

Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was sued for a second time by two former Georgia poll workers after a federal jury ordered him to pay the mother-daughter duo $148 million for defaming them by claiming they were involved in a scheme to commit election fraud in 2020.

Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, filed another lawsuit against Giuliani in Washington, D.C., on Monday after he refused to drop his claims that they carried out a fake ballot processing scheme in 2020 while they were serving as election workers in Fulton County, Ga. Following Friday’s defamation ruling, the former New York City mayor doubled down on the allegations.

Guiliani told reporters after last week’s trial that his comments toward Freeman and Moss “were supportable and are supportable today,” according to the lawsuit. In an interview with Newsmax, Giuliani noted he possesses “video evidence demonstrating the truth of his allegations,” which he was unable to present at trial.

“Before filing this lawsuit, Plaintiffs’ counsel asked Defendant Giuliani to enter into an agreement to stop publishing these and any similar false claims about Plaintiffs. Defendant Giuliani refused,” the suit read. “Defendant Giuliani’s statements, coupled with his refusal to agree to refrain from continuing to make such statements, make clear that he intends to persist in his campaign of targeted defamation and harassment. It must stop.”

Freeman and Moss are not asking for monetary damages this time. Rather, the plaintiffs are seeking “a targeted injunction barring Defendant Giuliani from continuing to repeat the very falsehoods about Plaintiffs that have already been found and held, conclusively, to be defamatory.”

The legal filing accuses Giuliani of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the same two claims they used to successfully sue him in the same federal court. That initial case was resolved on Friday, when an eight-person jury decided Giuliani would have to pay Freeman and Moss $148 million in compensatory and punitive damages after a federal judge in August found him liable for defaming the pair.

Giuliani claims to be in possession of surveillance footage taken from the ballot-processing facility in Fulton County which shows the mother and daughter adding fake ballots to boost Joe Biden’s votes and inserting a flash drive into Dominion election machines.

On Saturday, Giuliani explained to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon why he couldn’t show video evidence of the alleged voter fraud in the “sham” trial.

“First, I couldn’t defend myself on whether I had committed libel or not. Wasn’t allowed to put in the videotapes of them doing what I said they did, which I could have demonstrated to the jury,” he said on Bannon’s War Room podcast, a statement that was noted in the lawsuit. “I couldn’t call witnesses, who would support what I said. I couldn’t put documents on and reports from credible sources that said that fraud took place there.”

Giuliani said he plans to appeal the “absurd” verdict.

Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump expressed support for his former attorney on Monday. “I think it’s so sad what’s happened to Rudy,” Trump told reporters when asked if he’d recently spoken with Giuliani. “He’s a great patriot. He’s the greatest mayor in the history of New York. I think it’s a very, very unfair situation.”

Trump, Giuliani, and 17 other defendants are currently facing numerous racketeering and conspiracy charges in Georgia concerning their alleged interference in the 2020 election. Both Giuliani and Trump have pleaded not guilty to the sweeping indictment, while four of the 19 defendants have pleaded guilty as part of deals with prosecutors to lessen their sentences.