Giuliani gets to keep property, agrees to stop defaming Georgia election workers
The settlement with Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss means the ex-New York mayor and Trump lawyer will no longer have to face trial
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, agreed not to defame two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election as part of a legal settlement on Thursday that lets him keep his Florida condominium and Manhattan flat.
The election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss, said they also were compensated as part of the settlement but did not offer specifics.
They won a US$148 million judgment after a judge ruled that Giuliani had defamed them by claiming they helped Democrat Joe Biden defeat the Republican Trump with illegal ballots. Trump returns to the presidency on Monday.
That judge, Beryl Howell of US District Court in Washington, found Giuliani in contempt of court last week for defaming Freeman and Moss again, the second time he has been held in contempt in his legal fight with the two workers.
In a statement, Giuliani said he did not admit liability or wrongdoing as part of the agreement. Giuliani’s statement did not mention compensation, and his lawyer did not immediately respond to a request to comment on Freeman and Moss’ assertion that they had been compensated.
