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Election workers win defamation case against Rudy Giuliani, another blow for America’s Mayor

Auteur: All Buzznews

2023-09-06 13:55:14

Donald Trump's former lawyer and ex-mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani has just lost the defamation lawsuit brought by two female election workers from Georgia...

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...after Giuliani made false allegations of ballot tampering in Georgia against the two women repeatedly after the 2020 elections.

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"What we went through after the 2020 elections was a living nightmare," said the two workers, a mother and daughter, after the judge ruled in their favor.

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Giuliani will also have to pay the workers nearly $90,000 to cover legal fees in the case, in addition to being confirmed a trial date in 2024 to decide how much the workers could seek in damages as a result of these terrible allegations.

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An amount that could well reach millions of dollars!

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The two women, who had to leave their homes under FBI advice, say they've lived in fear of going to the supermarket or simply going out since Trump lawyer's repeated attacks...

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...which began when the latter published a surveillance video of the vote count in Atlanta, calling them conspirators and criminals stuffing ballot boxes, accusations that Georgia election officials have of course refuted.

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"There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?" one of the victims said in a video testimony.

Rudy Giuliani loses defamation suit against two election workers

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Giuliani himself admitted to having made defamatory remarks about the workers. He did not contest their claims that he had tarnished their reputations.