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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer

Lawyer highlights Giuliani's continued false claims as election workers' damages trial nears a close

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An attorney for two former Georgia election workers suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation highlighted during the trial's closing on Thursday that the former New York City mayor has not stopped repeating the false conspiracy theory asserting the workers meddled in the 2020 presidential election.

During his closing arguments, attorney Michael Gottlieb played a video of Giuliani outside the courthouse earlier this week repeating the false claims about his clients, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who brought the action against Giuliani. Giuliani had previously conceded in court documents that he made public comments falsely accusing the women of ballot fraud.

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