Jury Awards $148 Million to Election Workers Over Giuliani’s 2020 Vote Lies

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington on Dec. 15, 2023. A jury awarded $148 million in damages to two former election workers who sued him over lies he told about them. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, left, speaks with reporters, alongside Ruby Freeman, center, outside federal court in Washington on Dec. 15, 2023.

A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.