Your initial allegations, do you still believe them to be true?

Yeah, well, of course, they'll sue me again for it when I say that, but yeah, I do.

But they want me to, they want me to lie.

They basically, they are suing me in order to lie to them.

I'm sorry, I can't do it.

And the most important thing is, doesn't have to be absolutely true,

has to be supportable.

They have to prove that I was deliberately lying, which I wasn't.

Rudy Giuliani continues to stand by his lies about two former election workers from the state of Georgia, just days after a federal jury decided he must pay the

women $148 million, but those women aren't done yet with the former New York City mayor.

Plus, an update on the Biden administration's push for a scaled-back Israeli offensive in Gaza.

It comes as Israeli officials say they are considering what the next phase of the war will look like. And also ahead, we'll explain how Trump administration immigration policies are playing a large role in ongoing negotiations over foreign aid.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, December 19th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

Just three days after a jury ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in a defamation suit,

two former Georgia election workers have now filed a new lawsuit against the former Trump lawyer.

This new complaint filed by Ruby Freeman and Shea Moss focuses on comments Giuliani made about them both during and after the civil trial that just concluded.

Listen here as Giuliani doubles down and continues to push false election theories from outside the courtroom just last week.

Whatever happened to them, which is it's unfortunate if other people overreacting, but everything I said about them is true.

Do you regret what you did to...

Of course I don't regret. I told the truth. They were engaged in changing votes.

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