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Election worker unleashes on Rudy Giuliani's lawyer in cross-examination

An attorney for Rudy Giuliani struggled to help his client during the cross-examination of former Georgia election worker Shaye Moss.

On the second day of Giuliani's defamation trial, Giuliani's attorney, Joe Sibley tried his hand at cross-examining Moss. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell has already ruled that Giuliani is liable for defaming Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman.

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Shaye Moss hits back as lawyer blames Trump for threats: 'Giuliani was driving the bus'

Shaye Moss nimbly sidestepped a slew of oratory traps laid by Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer in her $43 million defamation case Tuesday, according to a reporter in the courtroom.

When Joe Sibley tried to argue the Trump campaign and far-right conspiracy sites were to blame for racist threats the Georgia poll worker received after Giuliani baselessly accused her of election fraud, Moss had a reply ready in waiting, reports Politico’s Kyle Cheney.

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Judge scorches Giuliani lawyer: 'We're in the situation we're in because of your client'

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell blasted Rudy Giuliani's attorney, Joe Sibley, after his client continued to possibly defame two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

Following a lunch break on the second day of the defamation trial, Howell addressed false claims Giuliani made before television cameras the night before. The one-time attorney for former President Donald Trump had continued to suggest that Moss and Freeman were responsible for rigging the 2020 presidential election.

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'I can't control everything he does': Giuliani lawyer shrugs when confronted by judge

The Georgia election poll worker Rudy Giuliani accused of injecting fake votes into the 2020 election was barraged by violent and racist threats that had her fearing for her life, she testified Tuesday.

Shaye Moss, 39, wiped away tears as she shared some of those messages with jurors in her $43 million civil defamation case against the man once known as America’s mayor, ABC News 7 reports.

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San Francisco tech CEO accused of forcing former aide to sign 'sex slave' contract: report

The co-founder of the San Francisco tech company Tradeshift is accused of subjecting a former assistant to years of “unwanted sexual horror" after forcing her to sign a "slave contract," The Mercury News reported.

A lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges that Christian Lanng forced the woman, only identified in court documents as Jane Doe, to sign the contract just months after she was hired.

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Jury hears evidence Rudy Giuliani again defamed election workers in last 24 hours

Rudy Giuliani may have damaged his legal case after jurors heard that he continued disseminating falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election during his defamation trial.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell warned earlier on Tuesday that Giuliani may have again defamed election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss with comments he made after the first day of trial. Howell has already found Giuliani liable for claiming the election workers rigged the 2020 presidential election for then-President Donald Trump.

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Chick-fil-A job interviewer demanded to know if Georgia poll worker was 'traitor': report

It was the job interview question nobody expects: are you a traitor?

But Shaye Moss testified Tuesday in her defamation trial against Rudy Giuliani it was one she faced in a Chick-fil-A restaurant months after the November, 2020, election that swept her life into national news, according to a new report.

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'Felt like someone was going to hang me': Shaye Moss details threats after Giuliani lies

Shaye Moss, the former Georgia election worker who was falsely accused by Rudy Giuliani of stuffing ballot boxes for President Joe Biden in 2020, told a court in Washington D.C. on Tuesday about the consequences of the former Trump lawyer's lies about her and her mother, Rudy Freeman.

As reported by NBC News' Ryan Riley, Moss testified that her world was "flipped upside down" in December of 2020 when Giuliani posted a video that falsely accused her and her mother of working to steal the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump.

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'Not good legal strategy': CNN panel buries Giuliani's continued smearing of poll workers

Rudy Giuliani was roundly trashed by a CNN panel on Tuesday morning for his ongoing false attacks on election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, as he faces a lawsuit for destroying their reputations.

This comes as Giuliani, who falsely claimed that Freeman and Moss were stuffing ballots during the electoral count in Georgia and sneaked in a "USB device" that was actually just a ginger mint, continues to bungle his own trial appearance, with the judge even annoyed at his lack of punctuality.

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'He's almost 80!' Giuliani lawyer blames his age for continued smears of election workers

An attorney representing former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday blamed his client's age for his seemingly self-destructive decision to continue lobbing smears against defamed Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

According to Politico's Kyle Cheney, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell began the day's damages trial by scolding Giuliani for once again making baseless accusations against Freeman and Moss, despite the fact that he had already been found liable for defaming them after the 2020 presidential election.

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Jury to determine damages Giuliani owes to poll workers

A federal jury began hearing arguments in Washington on Monday to determine how much former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani should pay for defaming two Georgia election workers.

US District Judge Beryl Howell, in a ruling in August, found Giuliani liable of defaming Fulton County poll workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss with his November 2020 election lies.

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'Surprise!' Judge dryly mocks Giuliani's attorney after he makes another legal slip

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell was reportedly frustrated on Monday with an attorney representing Rudy Giuliani in his defamation trial related to the 2020 election.

Attorney Joseph Sibley followed his opening statements for Giuliani by objecting to evidence presented by an attorney for former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

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Giuliani lawyer compares client to Amber Heard and civil suit to 'death penalty': report

Rudy Giuliani’s attorney Monday compared his client to Johnny Depp’s ex-wife, likened civil litigation to the death penalty and wrapped up his opening statement in about five minutes, according to a reporter in the courtroom.

Joe Sibley’s slapdash summary came after Giuliani infuriated the Washington D.C. civil court judge overseeing two Georgia poll worker's $43 million civil defamation case by strolling into court late.

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