Former Trump lawyer Giuliani fined millions

148 million dollars Former Trump lawyer Giuliani fined for defamation

Former private attorney of former US President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay $148 million (136 million euros) in damages for defamation, according to media reports. The ruling was announced Friday, according to US media, after two election workers sued Giuliani over a video they accused of voter fraud after the November 2020 presidential election.

The US media unanimously announced that a jury in the US capital Washington had awarded Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss a million dollar sum. Freeman and Moss, a mother and daughter, were election workers in the US state of Georgia in the 2020 presidential election. So Giuliani must pay both plaintiffs $37 million each for defamation and its psychological effects on women, as well as $75 million. in damages.

The US federal judge responsible already found former New York Mayor Giuliani guilty in August of defaming two women. Giuliani did not testify at the trial, but told reporters outside court that he did not regret his statements and that they were true.

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After Trump lost the November 2020 election against Democrat Joe Biden, Giuliani was a central figure in the incumbent’s attempts to overturn the election with the help of baseless allegations of fraud. After the election in November 2020, she released a video of two election workers during the counting of votes, in which she falsely accused women of voter fraud and made other baseless claims about them.

After the election, Giuliani falsely claimed that aides like him cast ballots for Trump and counted fake ballots for Democrat Joe Biden. Moss and his mother were targeted by Trump supporters because they appeared in a video that was circulated.

The two women gained national attention last year when they testified before a congressional committee investigating the capital attack. “I don’t want to go anywhere anymore. I’m questioning everything,” Moss said. People threatened her and wished her dead. Both women eventually sued for damages and alleged that Giuliani’s claims had ruined their reputations and led to numerous threats against them, including racist ones. Both women are black.

Giuliani has several legal troubles right now. Trump was charged in a criminal case in Atlanta with election fraud.

The 79-year-old was once the most respected mayor of New York; After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was celebrated as “America’s Mayor”. Born to Italian immigrants in Brooklyn, New York in 1944, Giuliani later became a loyal friend of Trump.

Note: This article has been updated several times.

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