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Rudy Giuliani has ordered to buy a jury to pay nearly 150 million dollars in

damages to two Georgia election workers he defamed. We're breaking down

the huge verdict against the former Trump lawyer tied to his lies about the

2020 presidential election and I'll speak live with an attorney for the two

election workers this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and

around the world I'm Will Flitzer you're in the situation room.

This is CNN breaking news.

And we begin this hour with a major breaking story.

The former Trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,

ordered to pay an enormous price for falsely accusing two Georgia election workers of fraud.

CNN Justice Corresponding, Jessica, is outside the courthouse here in Washington.

Jessica, there's nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for

the election workers even asked for.

It is Wolf.

It's about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for.

$75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish Rudy Giuliani for those statements

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