New York – Rudy GiulianiAll-round lawyer Donald TrumpHe will have to pay Compensation of $148 million to two poll workers in Georgia who sued him because they were falsely accused of doing so distorted the 2020 presidential election. This was determined by a federal court in Washington DC. The former mayor of New York and one of the biggest supporters of fraud allegations was a defendant in the libel trial that opened on Monday. The two maids at the elections, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye Moss, had argued in court that Giuliani's allegations had destroyed her reputation and ultimately subjected her to a barrage of insults and threats. In 2020, Trump's former lawyer released a video captured by an internal camera at a polling place in Fulton County, Georgia, to demonstrate how this is done Two women fraudulently scanned ballot papersto assign votes Joe Biden. An investigation initiated by the local administration found no abnormalities. A representative from the Republican-led Georgia Secretary of State called the allegations “false and contradictory.”
The people's jury, consisting of eight people, reached its guilty verdict after deliberating for around eight hours. The two women's lawyers had asked for a total of $47 million in compensation, almost $24 apiece, but the judge's sentence was much harsher: $73 million will be used for the moral damage and emotional shock inflicted on the victims, plus $75 million for misconduct. There are currently no images of Giuliani's emotional reaction when the sentence was read out. The words outside the court remain: “I am sure – declared the former mayor of New York – that an honest court will annul the decision.”
His lawyer has said he will do so appealBut the question everyone is now asking is just one: Does the former ironclad prosecutor have the money to pay the compensation? In reality we don't know, nobody knows. The Washington Post itself tried to shed light on Giuliani's fortune, but found no information. Trump's former lawyer always refused to provide information and the court had no knowledge of the amount of his assets. He has always stated that he ended up broke, including due to a very expensive divorce. The $6.5 million Manhattan apartment near Central Park was up for sale in the summer and his former lawyer sued him for failing to pay $1.3 million in fees.
Trump card brought him in the last few months 350 thousand dollars through a political committee linked to the tycoon and hosted a $100,000 entry-level dinner at his New Jersey resort to raise funds for his old friend. But the event doesn't seem to have gone very well. In the final stages of the trial, one of the two lawyers reminded the jury that Giuliani continued to appear on television and had a contract as a regular on the right-wing network Newsmax. The insolvency loophole would not apply in this case. According to some lawyers interviewed by American media, defamation is not one of the issues covered by bankruptcy.