Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was ordered by a federal jury Friday to pay more than $148 million to two Atlanta election workers he was found to have slandered by claiming they worked to cheat former President Donald Trump out of the 2020 election.
The DC panel awarded $75 million in punitive damages to Andrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, as well as $20 million to each woman for emotional distress after deliberating for parts of two days.
Moss was also awarded just under $17 million for defamation, while Freeman received nearly $16.2 million.
“I don’t regret a damn thing,” Giuliani proclaimed following the verdict, promising to appeal the ruling.
“The absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding, where I’ve not been allowed to offer one single piece of evidence in defense, of which I have a lot.”
“I am quite confident when this case gets before a fair tribunal, it will be reversed so quickly that it’ll make your head spin, and the absurd number that just came in will help that,” he added.
Giuliani had skipped testifying in his own defense on Thursday and told reporters after the damages ruling that US District Judge Beryl Howell had it out for him from the beginning.
Giuliani ordered to pay more than $148M to Georgia poll workers he defamed