Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has agreed to stop accusing two former Georgia election staffers of election fraud, his lawyers said.
Lawyers for former Georgia election officials Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, who won a $148 million defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, say the former mayor has not sided with accusations of fraud related to the 2020 presidential election. He said he agreed to quit.
Mr. Giuliani agreed not to again accuse the women of “engaging in fraud related to the 2020 election,” according to the women’s lawyers. said in an online statement.
The women’s attorney, Michael Gottlieb, said Tuesday’s hospitalization ends Giuliani’s “effort to profit from lies about two heroes of American democracy.”
Giuliani’s spokesman, Ted Goodman, said in a statement to The Hill that Giuliani agreed not to comment on the pair “until the case is resolved” after receiving advice from his attorney.
“He will continue to comment on all things surrounding the 2020 election, especially the latest developments in Fulton County,” Goodman said.
Goodman argued that Gottlieb’s claims that the former mayor was profiting from lies are false and that the attorney was intentionally being dishonest “in an effort to gain favorable headlines.”
Mr. Giuliani was ordered to pay a staggering amount of money to Mr. Freeman and Mr. Moss after a four-day civil trial in December. He was found liable several months ago, but a jury has been convened to determine the amount of damages. Days after this decision, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy.
Giuliani lost a lawsuit in April seeking to have the conviction thrown out. Mr. Giuliani’s lawyer said he plans to appeal the matter to the D.C. Circuit Court.
The women claimed that their lives were forever changed after being subjected to unsubstantiated accusations of election fraud and a barrage of racist and violent threats.
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