Rudy Giuliani has been found liable for defamation by a federal judge on Wednesday in a case brought on by two Georgia election workers relating to accusations of mishandling ballots in the 2020 election.

The 57-page court filing, issued by Beryl Howell in the Federal District Court in Washington, ruled the former New York City mayor must pay damages to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, election workers he claimed manipulated results in 2020. The election fraud claims were propelled by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, some of whom were federally indicted this month.

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Howell said that Giuliani didn't comply with discovery obligations in the election workers' lawsuit, which they filed in December 2021, and failed to produce requested documents. The ruling determines that a civil trial can move forward to determine the fines Giuliani must pay the plaintiffs.

“The bottom line is that Giuliani has refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea’ ArShaye Moss’s procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in this case,” Howell wrote in a long opinion.

Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani, claimed he was “wrongly accused,” stating the ruling “is a prime example of the weaponization of our justice system, where the process is the punishment.”

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Last month, Giuliani acknowledged the claims he made about Freeman and Moss but claimed they were protected under the First Amendment. He admitted the claims were “false” in a court filing, stating he no longer contests the "factual elements of liability" raised by Freeman and Moss. However, he doesn't believe it caused the two workers any damage and that his opinions are protected under the Constitution.

The former Trump attorney was indicted this month alongside his ex-boss and 17 others by a Georgia grand jury, accusing the Republicans of conspiring to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential results.