Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming 2 Georgia election workers, a judge says

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Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers by repeatedly claiming the women were manipulating 2020 ballots, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, issued a "default judgment" against Giuliani, writing in an opinion Wednesday that he "has refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ['Shaye'] Moss's procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in this case."

The decision means Giuliani is liable for "defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damage claims," and a trial will be held to decide how much he may need to pay Freeman and Moss.