Jury in Rudy Giuliani defamation trial urged to send message: ‘Don’t do it’
by Sam Levine in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6H4R0)
Attorney for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss asks jury to award them each at least $24m in damages to repair their reputation
A Washington DC jury should send a message" to other powerful people by issuing substantial damages against Rudy Giuliani for spreading lies about two Georgia election workers, a lawyer for the pair said.
The message is don't do it," Michael Gottlieb, a lawyer representing Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, said in his closing statement to eight jurors on the fourth day of the defamation case. They say when someone shows you who they are, believe them. Mr Giuliani has shown us over and over and over again that he will not take our clients names out of his mouth. Facts do not and will not stop him.
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