Isn’t This What Trump Said He’s Going To Do In D.C., Too?

Rudy chickened out of testifying. Rudy claimed he was going to prove Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss stole the GA election. He put on no defense. Here is Rudy when trial started:

“When I testify, you will get the whole story & it will be definitively clear that what I said was true.” pic.twitter.com/semCA8sKrs

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 14, 2023

Maybe it’s a good thing Rudy didn’t:

A DC jury ordered disgraced former NYC Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to pay total damages of $148 million for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. The jury awarded $16,171,000 in compensatory damages to Ruby Freeman, $16,998,000 in compensatory damages to Shaye Moss, $20 million each for intentional infliction of emotional distress, and $75 million in punitive damages. This was a unanimous decision among the eight jurors. They had asked for $24 million each in actual damages but said they would leave it up to the jury to determine the amount of punitive damages that was necessary "to send a message" to others who would use lies to put election workers' lives in danger.

I mean, coulda been worse.

Joe Silbey: Don't award Ruby and Shaye $48M bc that would be the end of Rudy.

Jury: Okay then. Add $100M to that.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 15, 2023

Or maybe not.