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Ex-Trump Lawyer Giuliani Ordered To Pay $148 Mn For Defaming Poll Workers

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, was ordered to pay more than $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia poll workers (Credit: AFP)

A jury ordered Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages on Friday for defaming two Georgia poll workers with his false claims they engaged in election fraud.

The eight-person federal jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea "Shaye" Moss more than $16 million each for defamation, $20 million each for emotional distress and $75 million in punitive damages.

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