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

Rudy Giuliani goes on trial for defaming Georgia election workers

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A trial set to get underway in Washington on Monday will determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after he lost the 2020 election.

The former New York City mayor has already been found liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who endured threats and harassment after they became the target of a conspiracy theory spread by Mr Trump and his allies.

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