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READ: Jury’s $148M verdict in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation suit

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A jury comprising eight Washington, D.C., residents awarded ex-Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148,169,000 in their defamation suit against Rudy Giuliani on Friday.

With five different sections of damages, the total marks a stunning legal and financial blow for the former New York City mayor, who spread unfounded claims of election fraud about the mother-daughter duo as an attorney for then-President Trump following the 2020 election.

Read the jury’s verdict below: