Former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea 'Shaye' Moss filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani in December 2021.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who served as an outside lawyer to former President Donald Trump, acknowledged Wednesday that he made"false" statements when he claimed two Georgia election workers engaged in voter fraud during the 2020 election. Giuliani, who's being sued by the now former election workers for defamation, still argued he was engaging in constitutionally protected speech when he made the allegations.
"Indeed, sanctions exist to remedy the precise situation here — a sophisticated party's abuse of judicial process designed to avoid accountability, at enormous expense to the parties and this Court," the pair's lawyers wrote."Defendant Giuliani should know better. His conduct warrants severe sanctions."
The signed declaration noted that Giuliani"is desirous to avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." Michael Gottlieb, a lawyer for Freeman and Moss, said Giuliani's acknowledgements are a"major milestone in this fight for justice," though certain issues, including damages, still must be decided by the court.
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