Rudy Giuliani admits he made ‘false’ statements about Georgia 2020 election workers
Conrad Hoyt
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Rudy Giuliani admitted in a court filing that he made “false” statements regarding Georgia poll workers in the 2020 election and that he no longer contests the factual allegations in their defamation lawsuit against him.
The court filing, released early Wednesday morning, details how Giuliani “does not dispute for purposes of this litigation, that the statements carry meaning that is defamatory.” However, the former New York City mayor, according to the filing, still maintains that his statements are “constitutionally protected.”
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Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have sought “severe” sanctions and an outright victory in a defamation case against Giuliani after he failed to produce communications related to former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims.
Freeman and Moss asked U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell in court filings earlier this month to rule “default judgment” in favor of their case as a result of Giuliani’s failure to turn over an exchange between himself and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn.
The two election workers said they had been subjected to relentless attacks since 2020, when Giuliani and Trump cited them, sometimes by name, to fuel their since-debunked claims of election fraud. They seek an unspecified amount in damages, claiming Giuliani’s actions caused severe emotional distress and put them in danger.
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Giuliani is facing several other legal inquiries. He is one of more than 50 witnesses interviewed by the Fulton County special grand jury as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 general election in Georgia. Willis has written letters to county officials notifying them that indictments in the case could come about between July 31 and Aug. 18.
Giuliani, at the time a staunch Trump ally, was one of the former president’s biggest advocates in his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him due to election interference. Georgia, a purple state seen as a toss-up before the race between then-candidates Joe Biden and Trump, was at the height of the controversy. The Atlanta metropolitan area helped carry Biden to victory.