Juries are sending a clear message to right-wing conspiracy peddlers: Pay up

Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones have the freedom to spread conspiracy theories, whether they're about the 2020 election or the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

But the two right-wing personalities — one a once-beloved mayor, the other an online commentator who sells supplements — are getting a message from US courts: defamation comes with a hefty price tag.

Juries in both Jones' and Giuliani's cases slapped them with whopping judgments for defaming innocent people with their conspiracy theories, holding them legally liable of sparking harassment from their supporters.

On Friday, a DC jury awarded $148 million in total to two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea "Shaye" Moss.