The judge presiding over the defamation lawsuit Georgia election workers brought against Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday granted a default judgment against the former Trump lawyer and New York City mayor in addition to punitive sanctions, a Wednesday court filing shows.
Giuliani last month conceded that he does not contest that his claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea' ArShaye ("Shaye") Moss, who were forced from their homes by violent threats, were "false" and "carry meaning that is defamatory" even as he insisted that he was still contesting their lawsuit. After asking Giuliani to clarify, Judge Beryl Howell on Wednesday issued a default judgment against him "as a discovery sanction" and also ordered him "to reimburse plaintiffs for attorneys' fees and costs."
