The former private lawyer of the former US president donald trump, Rudy Giulianiis, according to media reports, liable for damages amounting to defamation 148 million dollars (135.54 million euros). The verdict was announced on Friday, according to US media, after two election officials sued Giuliani over a video in which he falsely accused them of voter fraud following the November 2020 presidential election.
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The responsible US federal judge had already found Giuliani guilty in August of defaming 64-year-old Ruby Freeman and her 39-year-old daughter Wandrea Moss. The two women received national attention last year when they appeared in front of the Commission of Inquiry testified before Congress about the attack on the Capitol. “I don’t want to go anywhere anymore. I question everything,” Moss said at the time. People threatened her and wished her death. The two black women accused Giuliani, saying her allegations destroyed their reputations and led to numerous threats, including racist ones, against them.
“Will appeal”
Giuliani therefore has to approach both plaintiffs 37 million dollars because of Defamation and yours psychological consequences for women too $75 million in damages pay. In an initial reaction, the Republican described the punishment as “absurd”. “I will definitely appeal,” announced the lawyer.
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Giuliani took a stand against the Democrat after Trump's electoral defeat Joe Biden in November 2020, a central figure in the attempts of the current elected election result with the help of unsubstantiated allegations of fraud to turn and thus remain in office. As part of this campaign, he also published the video with the false accusations against the two women shortly after the election.
Giuliani now has several legal problems. He was charged along with Trump in a criminal case in Atlanta over allegations of election manipulation.
The 79-year-old was so mayor in new York Once highly respected, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was hailed as “America’s Mayor.” Giuliani, who was born in New York's Brookyln district in 1944 to Italian immigrants, later became Trump's loyal sidekick.