Key takeaways:
- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani is liable for damages after he defamed two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.
- U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in a lengthy opinion that Giuliani had refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted Freeman and Moss’s procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in the case.
- The ruling comes after Giuliani failed to comply with the discovery obligations in Freeman and Moss’s lawsuit. It is unclear how much damages he will be required to pay.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani is liable for damages after he defamed two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. The two had filed a lawsuit against Giuliani for falsely claiming they had committed fraud during the 2020 presidential election.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in a lengthy opinion that Giuliani had refused to comply with his discovery obligations and thwarted Freeman and Moss’s procedural rights to obtain any meaningful discovery in the case.
“Just as taking shortcuts to win an election carries risks — even potential criminal liability — bypassing the discovery process carries its own risks,” Howell wrote.
Freeman and Moss served as election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, in the 2020 presidential election and assisted with the vote-counting process at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.
The ruling comes after Giuliani failed to comply with the discovery obligations in Freeman and Moss’s lawsuit. Giuliani has yet to comment on the ruling. It is unclear how much damages he will be required to pay.
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