An eight-person federal jury in Washington, DC, said on Friday that Giuliani should pay Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Shaye Moss $75m in punitive damages, plus $36m each for defamation and emotional distress, for falsely claiming that they tried to rig the election against Trump.
In court, Moss and Freeman, who are black, described fearing for their lives after being falsely accused of hiding ballots in suitcases, counting votes multiple times and interfering with voting machines.
Giuliani, who had argued his election comments had no connection to the threats the women received, described the jury verdict as absurd. The absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding, he said.
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