An eight-person jury in Washington, D.C. on Friday ruled that former Donald Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani must pay nearly $150 million in damages to mother-daughter Fulton County election workers Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and Ruby Freeman.
The jury awarded over $16 million in compensatory damages and $20 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress to each woman.
Giuliani was also hit with $75 million in punitive damages.
The ruling came after Giuliani dropped plans to testify in his defense on Thursday morning in the defamation case.
Lies spread by Giuliani included unsupported accusations that the election workers committed election fraud and inserted a USB drive into voting machines.
The former New York City mayor was ordered to pay $132,000 in legal fees under that ruling.
The group is charged with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. »