Former New York mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy. He will have to pay nearly $150 million in damages for defaming two former election officials.
The former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, who will have to pay almost 150 million dollars (137.06 million euros) in damages for defaming two former election workers, has filed for bankruptcy. This emerges from a court document published on Thursday.
The 79-year-old ally of former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay damages last week because he falsely claimed after the 2020 presidential election that aides threw away Trump ballots and counted fake papers for Democrat Joe Biden.
Claim Giuliani's allegations destroyed his reputation
Two election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in the state of Georgia, who are mother and daughter, sued. Both women received national attention last year when they testified before the Congressional Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol. People threatened her and wished her dead, Moss said. The two women, who are black, accused Giuliani, saying his allegations destroyed their reputations and led to numerous threats, including racist ones, against them. A jury in Washington found them right. (APA)