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An eight-person jury in Washington, D.C. on Friday ruled that former Donald Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani must pay nearly $150 million in damages to mother-daughter Fulton County election workers Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and Ruby Freeman.
The jury awarded over $16 million in compensatory damages and $20 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress to each woman. Giuliani was also hit with $75 million in punitive damages.
The amount was set after 10 hours of deliberation.
The ruling came after Giuliani dropped plans to testify in his defense on Thursday morning in the defamation case. The previous night he had promised reporters that the "truth will come out."
Giuliani's civil trial, which began earlier this week, saw emotional testimony from both Moss and Freeman detailing the threatening messages and racist insults they received as a result of conspiracies spread by the former New York mayor and others in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.
Lies spread by Giuliani included unsupported accusations that the election workers committed election fraud and inserted a USB drive into voting machines.
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The jury awarded over $16 million in compensatory damages and $20 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress to each woman. Giuliani was also hit with $75 million in punitive damages.
The amount was set after 10 hours of deliberation.
The ruling came after Giuliani dropped plans to testify in his defense on Thursday morning in the defamation case. The previous night he had promised reporters that the "truth will come out."
Giuliani's civil trial, which began earlier this week, saw emotional testimony from both Moss and Freeman detailing the threatening messages and racist insults they received as a result of conspiracies spread by the former New York mayor and others in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.
Lies spread by Giuliani included unsupported accusations that the election workers committed election fraud and inserted a USB drive into voting machines.
Rudy Giuliani Ordered by Jury to Pay Nearly $150 Million in Defamation Damages to Georgia Election Workers
The verdict concludes the former Trump personal lawyer's nearly week-long trial.
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