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Giuliani ordered to pay Georgia election workers $148 million

Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, speak outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C. A jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, to pay $148 million in damages to the pair.

WASHINGTON — A jury in Washington, D.C., has ordered former Trump campaign lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who became the targets of violent threats after he accused them of manipulating ballots in the 2020 election.

After Giuliani refused to participate in the pretrial discovery process, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell determined without a trial in August that Giuliani was liable for defamation and that he had engaged in a conspiracy with former President Donald Trump, the Trump campaign, the television

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