Rudy Giuliani admitted in testimony that he ”just repeated what I was told” when he made election fraud claims against two Georgia workers, new court filings reveal.
The filings involving a defamation lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump’s ex-attorney also reveal that other promoters of election fraud claims failed to do basic checks on the accuracy of what they were saying, CNN reported.
CNN shared a text message from Trump lawyer Boris Epshteyn in which he said Trump wanted examples of fraud that he wouldn’t need to prove.
“Urgent POTUS request need best examples of ‘election fraud’ that we’ve alleged that’s super easy to explain,” Epshteyn wrote, according to evidence attached to the filing.
“Doesn’t necessarily have to be proven, but does need to be easy to understand. Is there any sort of ‘greatest hits’ clearinghouse that anyone has for best examples?”
The documents were among evidence presented by a pair of Georgia election workers who are suing Giuliani for defamation after the 2020 election. They say he smeared them personally during his claims that vote-counting in the state was fraudulent.
Giuliani has also given testimony for Jack Smith’s probe into efforts to overturn the election.
The plaintiff's lawyers deposed key figures in the case, including Giuliani. In this case, Giuliani said that he didn't check evidence before he claimed that one of the plaintiffs, Freeman, had been arrested in the past and had a history of voter fraud.“You didn’t think it was important to do that before you accused them of having a criminal background?” the lawyer asked. He said his client had no arrest record.
“I just repeated what I was told,” Giuliani replied.
The plaintiffs have also given examples they say show that Giuliani knew his fraud claims were false.
