Rudy Giuliani Found Liable for Defaming Georgia Election Workers – Rolling Stone

A federal judge has found former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani liable for defamation after spreading conspiracy theories about two Georgia election workers. 

The court additionally found that Giuliani failed to comply with the legal requirements of evidentiary discovery, ruling that he “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.” 

The court concluded that additional sanctions would be considered during a trial to determine damages owed by Giuliani to Freeman and Moss.

In December, Rudy Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss sued Giuliani, alleging that the attorney had falsely accused them of participating in vote manipulation in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. 

During testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, Moss recounted how she and Freeman, her mother, were publicly accused by Giuliani of having exchanged a “USB drive” full of votes. When asked what her mother had actually passed to her Moss replied that the object was “a ginger mint.” 

Moss also detailed the many threats made against her by Trump supporters, noting that they were told they should “hang for committing treason.” According to Moss, people went to her grandmother’s home and attempted to “burst down the door and conduct a citizen’s arrest of my mom and me.”

Several of the defendants indicted in the Georgia RICO case against Trump and 18 of his allies were charged with offenses related to intimidation attempts against Freeman.