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- politics@kbin.social
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- politics@kbin.social
An attorney for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had urged the eight-person jury to “send a message” with its verdict.
Rudy Giuliani should pay a pair of Georgia election workers he repeatedly and falsely accused of fraud $148 million in damages, a federal jury said Friday.
The eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the sum after a four-day trial, during which they testified that Giuliani’s lies in support of former President Donald Trump’s bogus stolen-election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats and turned their lives upside down.
Freeman testified Wednesday that she was terrorized by Trump supporters and forced to move from her home because of Giuliani’s smears. “I was scared to come home at dark, you know,” a visibly emotional Freeman said on the witness stand. “I was just scared, I knew I had to move.”
Glad to see it. I’m curious as to what that means practically. Does the court have the ability to force him to pay or can he just drag his feet indefinitely?
He’ll probably appeal it, and he doesn’t have the money anyway. Might move to Florida to protect his pension from being garnished.
He still does apparently at least have millions in assets though. And that sweet pension.
Maybe he can be roommates with O.J.
Ultimately the courts can force him to pay some of it if he has any real property or other assets or income. But that will likely require more work on the part of the plaintiffs here to collect. It’ll probably only be a fraction of what is owed, and then part of that is attorneys fees.