Posted on Dec 15, 2023
BREAKING: Giuliani hit with NIGHTMARE verdict in defamation trial
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Giuliani defamation verdict is a message to others that "you can't hide behind these lies," attorney says
Mike Gottlieb, the attorney for Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, said the verdict that ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay nearly $150 million to the women sends a message to other people in power that they will not get away with spreading lies.
“The message that this sends is, you will not get away with it,” he told CNN, specifically referencing people “willing to trample” civil servants like election workers.
“In court, you can't hide behind these lies. You have to answer, you have to stand up and testify under oath, and if you don't do it you will get hit with a massive verdict like this," Gottlieb said.
Pushing back against Giuliani’s claims that the threats and messages Moss and Freeman received did not come from him, Gottlieb said the former Trump lawyer was “patient 0” for the lies.
He specifically referenced the Georgia Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on December 3, 2020, in which Giuliani, then a Trump lawyer, spread conspiracy theories about what he referred to as widespread irregularities and fraud in the state.
Gottlieb said "if they would have taken just a moment to ask some questions" or interview poll observers who were there, instead of releasing a video Giuliani claimed showed fraud, "none of this would've happened."
After emotional testimony in the courtroom by Moss and Freeman, Gottlieb said he is happy for his clients for standing up for themselves and other election workers.
“To be able to stand up, to go into court, to testify under oath and to open themselves up and to prevail — this kind of a message from a jury is just complete vindication for everything they have done, and we’re just thrilled," Gottlieb said.
The lawyer said he will enforce the judgment and is not worried about an appeal, which Giuliani has said he will seek."
"Giuliani defamation verdict is a message to others that "you can't hide behind these lies," attorney says
Mike Gottlieb, the attorney for Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, said the verdict that ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay nearly $150 million to the women sends a message to other people in power that they will not get away with spreading lies.
“The message that this sends is, you will not get away with it,” he told CNN, specifically referencing people “willing to trample” civil servants like election workers.
“In court, you can't hide behind these lies. You have to answer, you have to stand up and testify under oath, and if you don't do it you will get hit with a massive verdict like this," Gottlieb said.
Pushing back against Giuliani’s claims that the threats and messages Moss and Freeman received did not come from him, Gottlieb said the former Trump lawyer was “patient 0” for the lies.
He specifically referenced the Georgia Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on December 3, 2020, in which Giuliani, then a Trump lawyer, spread conspiracy theories about what he referred to as widespread irregularities and fraud in the state.
Gottlieb said "if they would have taken just a moment to ask some questions" or interview poll observers who were there, instead of releasing a video Giuliani claimed showed fraud, "none of this would've happened."
After emotional testimony in the courtroom by Moss and Freeman, Gottlieb said he is happy for his clients for standing up for themselves and other election workers.
“To be able to stand up, to go into court, to testify under oath and to open themselves up and to prevail — this kind of a message from a jury is just complete vindication for everything they have done, and we’re just thrilled," Gottlieb said.
The lawyer said he will enforce the judgment and is not worried about an appeal, which Giuliani has said he will seek."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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