Giuliani caused ‘perpetual nightmare’ for 2020 election workers, jury told

Georgians are seeking $15.5m-$43m in damages from former New York City mayor for his false statements about ballot counts

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Rudy Giuliani disgraced" the names of two Atlanta election workers as part of a call to action, causing them to suffer a perpetual nightmare" since December 2020, attorneys representing the two women said during opening statements in a closely watched defamation trial.

It was vicious," Von DuBose, a lawyer representing Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, two Black election workers from Georgia, told an eight-person jury seated on Monday. He used their names as a cornerstone of a call to action."