Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million to two election workers he defamed
The Excerpt
USA TODAY
4.1 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay millions to two election workers he defamed.
The Israeli Defense Forces said yesterday that they mistakenly shot and killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza who soldiers misidentified as threats.
USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Sudiksha Kochi looks at how the fentanyl crisis is hitting Indigenous communities.
Homelessness is on the rise. Listen to a special episode here.
USA TODAY Personal Finance Reporter Daniel de Visé warns of the hidden dangers to deferred interest payment plans.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now. |
| 0:05.0 | Join Wunderry Plus in the Wundery app. |
| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday, December 16th, 2023. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | excerpt. Today, Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay a massive sum of money to Georgia election |
| 0:29.6 | workers he defamed. |
| 0:31.8 | Plus Israel's military says it has mistakenly killed Israeli |
| 0:34.8 | hostages and we look at the effect of the fentanyl crisis on Native American |
| 0:39.6 | communities. A federal jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani who worked as campaign lawyer for Donald |
| 0:47.0 | Trump to pay 148 million dollars and damages to two 2020 Georgia election workers for falsely accusing them of election |
| 0:55.9 | fraud. |
| 0:56.9 | There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the damage |
| 1:01.0 | awards for Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shay Moss. |
| 1:04.6 | Julianne has vowed to appeal and said, quote, |
| 1:07.5 | the absurdity of the amount is indicative of the absurdity and unfairness of the entire proceeding." |
| 1:13.4 | U.S. District Judge Barrel Howell previously ruled |
| 1:17.2 | that Giuliani had to fame the women by falsely accusing them |
| 1:20.6 | of stuffing ballot boxes on election night while counting votes in Atlanta's State Farm arena. |
| 1:26.3 | An 8-person jury began deliberations Thursday to determine how much he owed them in damages. |
| 1:32.2 | Ruby Freeman said that money won't erase the damage |
| 1:35.0 | Giuliani's lies caused. |
| 1:37.0 | She also asked people not to be angry |
| 1:39.0 | with the threatening mobs who gathered at her home |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from USA TODAY, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of USA TODAY and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.