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'Rudy Giuliani was not the only one': Georgia poll worker vows more MAGA defamation suits

On the heels of her massive courtroom victory against Rudy Giuliani, Ruby Freeman said Friday she was not done seeking justice against those who defamed her work as a Georgia poll worker in 2020.

“Today is not the end of the of the road, we still have work to do,” Freeman told the horde of reporters who gathered to hear her statement.

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'Buh-bye, Rudy': Internet explodes over Giuliani's $148 million court loss

After a dramatic defamation trial over his false election claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, Rudy Giuliani was found liable for $148 million in compensatory and punitive damages by a jury on Friday.

The reaction from social media, and particularly on X, was swift and mocking.

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Rudy Giuliani must pay nearly $150M to former election workers in Georgia trial

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was ordered to pay two former Georgia election workers $148 million after he was found liable for defaming them.

The verdict came after a four-day trial, which included the testimony of plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that Giuliani was liable for defamation before the trial.

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'Life is not going to be good': Ex-Trump lawyer warns Giuliani what to expect

A former White House lawyer for Donald Trump lamented Rudy Giuliani's long fall from grace Friday.

Jim Schultz, who served less than a year in the White House counsel's office, appeared Friday on CNN to discuss the defamation case against the former New York City mayor as a jury considered penalties for his defamation of Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.

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Giuliani and his lawyer 'aren't speaking to each other — at all': report

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his attorney, Joe Sibley, reportedly sat in silence and facing away from one another during an appearance in court on Friday morning.

CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports that Giuliani and Sibley "aren’t speaking to each other. Not at all."

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'He's crazy': Morning Joe piles on Giuliani as he's poised to be slammed for millions

Kicking off Friday morning, "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough ridiculed the defense former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's lawyer presented in their closing statement in the Georgia poll worker defamation lawsuit trial, with Scarborough agreeing with the attorney's contention that his client is deluded.

With Giuliani expected to see damages approaching $40 million going to Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, over accusations they committed voter fraud, Scarborough laughed that the best defense Giuliani's lawyer could offer was "He's crazy."

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'Sky's the limit' when it comes to Giuliani's defamation damages: legal expert

Rudy Giuliani's words could cost him dearly, as the one-time New York mayor may be expected to cough up tens of millions of dollars in the defamation case that wound down on Thursday as the jury began deliberating to render a verdict.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, appearing on MSNBC's "The 11th Hour," said he expects the sum that the former New York City mayor and attorney to former President Donald Trump will be forced to pay out will be substantial.

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'Put the brakes on': GOP leaders testify about what they knew about fake elector plot

Republican Party leaders who served in 2020 offered their accounts in court Thursday of what they knew prior to 16 individuals signing and submitting false electoral votes for former President Donald Trump, who lost the presidential election that year.

Wednesday’s and Thursday’s proceedings in Lansing were held for the cases against Michigan GOP National Committeewoman Kathleen Berden, Amy Faccihinello, Mari-Ann Henry, John Haggard, Michele Lundgren and former Michigan GOP Co-chair Meshawn Maddock. There are nine others facing charges.

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Jurors were in tears as poll worker described defamation by Giuliani: reporter

Rudy Giuliani could be in for a tough ride after two of the eight jurors in the defamation case he's fighting were seen crying as the plaintiff recounted being targeted, defamed, and subsequently attacked.

Specifically, when Ruby Freeman was telling the court that she could no longer use her real name, two women in the juror box were seen getting emotional, according to Andrew Rice of New York Magazine.

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'We're past dog whistling': Former prosecutor calls out Trump's 'appeals to racism'

Trump's crony and longtime attorney Rudy Giuliani wasn't subtle about the racist overtones when he smeared the reputations of Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shay Moss, in the fallout of the 2020 presidential election, according to Joyce Vance.

Vance appeared on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Ali Velshi to discuss the responsibility that the former New York City mayor and former federal prosecutor like her has when it comes to defamation.

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'He looks like a slob!' Rudy Giuliani rages against Daily Show guest host Kal Penn

Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani laid into Daily Show guest host and former White House staffer Kal Penn on social media after the latter aimed withering mockery his way, reported The Daily Beast on Thursday.

"The show began with a clip of Giuliani speaking to ABC News’ Terry Moran outside the courthouse on Monday, making the same false claims that brought about the lawsuit from Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss to begin with. 'They were engaged in changing votes,' Giuliani alleged," said the report. "After Moran quoted Giuliani's attorney in The Daily Show segment, saying in court that if the jury were to award Freeman and Moss the full amount, then that would 'be the end of' his client, Daily Show guest host Kal Penn chimed in. '‘The end of’ Rudy Giuliani? Oh, no. That sounds… awesome!' he said. 'The end of Rudy Giuliani is like the best-case scenario. Why is Rudy’s lawyer threatening the jury with a good time?'"

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'Foxmania' blamed for fueling Jan. 6 rioter's attacks on cops: 'He became hooked'

A 29-year-old participant in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 recently pleaded guilty in federal court — and his attorney is partially blaming Fox News.

The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Delaware man Anthony Alexander Antonio pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing an official proceeding in relation to his storming of the US Capitol in an attempt to delay Congress' certification of the 2020 Electoral College count. His attorney, Joseph Hurley, said Fox News "played constantly" in his client's home in the months leading up to the 2020 election, and that Antonio eventually became "obsessed" with watching the network.

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'He didn't see them as humans': Scathing closing argument lays into Rudy Giuliani

Michael Gottlieb, the attorney representing defamed election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, delivered a scathing denunciation of Rudy Giuliani's character in the closing arguments of his defamation trial.

As reported by journalist Brandi Buchman, Gottlieb told jurors that Giuliani felt free to baselessly smear Moss and Freeman as thieves who stole the election from former President Donald Trump simply because they are not rich or powerful as he is.

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