A Georgia court has awarded two election workers $148 million in damages from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a defamation suit regarding his efforts contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. The verdict awarded to Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman centered around allegations that they interfered in the vote count following the release of a controversial video of them in 2021.
As reported by News Nation, there was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the verdict was read awarding the women $75 million in damages with each being awarded an additional $36 million for “other damages.”
Giuliani, 79, a veteran attorney before and following his political career typically at ease in a courtroom was described as not showing emotion. Leaving the courtroom, he vowed to appeal the verdict telling reporters the “absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding.”
“It will be reversed so quickly it will make your head spin, and the absurd number that just came in will help that actually,” he said according to the outlet.
Giuliani in legal documentation conceded that he had accused the women of ballot fraud without proof, allegations which he