Giuliani attempt to dismiss defamation suit by Georgia election workers is denied
The judge ruled that two election workers had presented enough evidence to justify a case against the former mayor.
A federal judge has rejected Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of election fraud — stoking a furor that led to threats and harassment against both women.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell ruled in a 27-page opinion that the case brought by both the mother-daughter duo — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss — was enough to justify advancing their lawsuit against Giuliani and presented “ample circumstantial evidence of a civil conspiracy between Giuliani and members of the Trump Campaign.”
Howell described Giuliani as “a current media personality and former politician once dubbed ‘America’s mayor’” and called him a key figure in promoting false election fraud claims.
Moss and Freeman were repeatedly accused by Donald Trump, Giuliani and their allies of election fraud, citing surveillance video inside an Atlanta vote tabulation center that they claimed showed the women moving suitcases full of illegal ballots. But the allegations were repeatedly and conclusively debunked by Georgia and federal investigators, who found the women were performing routine election-related functions that were not indicative of fraud at all.
Freeman and Moss filed the lawsuit on Dec. 23, 2021, accusing Giuliani and other defendants of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy. They amended the suit in May 2021 to focus only on Giuliani, seeking unspecified monetary damages.
Howell found that the claims against Moss and Freeman were part of a sweeping “strategic plan” spearheaded by Giuliani that contributed to widespread distrust in the outcome of the 2020 election.
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Moss / Freeman were memorable witnesses during the June hearings of the Jan. 6 select committee, describing how their lives were upended by the false claims of GIuliani and Trump. https://t.co/eGy5GaO4K3
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 1, 2022
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