一名联邦法官已下令在12月11日开庭，以确定鲁迪·朱利安尼必须向两名前雇员支付多少赔偿金佐治亚州选举工作人员他被判犯有诽谤罪。

上个月贝丽尔·豪厄尔法官判朱利安尼有罪因为他对鲁比·弗里曼和旺德雷·“叶莎”·莫斯这对母女进行了诽谤性的评论。

法官因朱利安尼的错误言论而制裁了他指控这两个人在2020年佐治亚州选举日欺诈性地操纵选票，而朱利安尼正在质疑时任总统唐纳德·特朗普在2020年选举中的失利。

在选举后的几天里，弗里曼和莫斯成为特朗普支持的阴谋论的主题，后来发现这一理论是“虚假和未经证实的”根据一项调查佐治亚州选举委员会。朱利安尼在佐治亚州议会的一个委员会前露面时告诉立法者，网上流传的一段视频显示“鲁比·弗里曼和叶莎·弗里曼·莫斯”...很明显，他们偷偷摸摸地通过USB接口，就像他们是海洛因或可卡因的小瓶。”

在这张2023年8月17日的档案照片中，鲁迪·朱利安尼走进亚特兰大富尔顿县法院，履行他的传票，在23人特别大陪审团协助富尔顿县地方检察官的调查前作证。

约翰·大卫·默瑟-今日美国网，文件

朱利安尼已经之前说过他对弗里曼和莫斯对他的言论提出的“事实指控”没有异议，但他的言论是“受宪法保护的”。

这位前纽约市市长已经陷入了超过13万美元的法律诉讼中。

Judge sets trial date to decide how much Giuliani owes 2 election workers for defaming them

A federal judge has ordered a Dec. 11 trial date to determine what damages Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two formerGeorgia election workershe was found liable for defaming.

Judge Beryl Howell last monthfound Giuliani liablefor defamatory comments he made about the mother-daughter tandem of Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss.

The judge sanctioned Giuliani over erroneous remarks he madeaccusing the pairof fraudulently manipulating ballots on Election Day 2020 in Georgia, while Giuliani was contesting the 2020 election loss by then-President Donald Trump.

In the days after the election, Freeman and Moss became the subjects of a Trump-backed conspiracy theory that was later found to be "false and unsubstantiated,"according to an investigationby the Georgia Elections Board. Giuliani, in an appearance before a committee of the Georgia state legislature, told lawmakers that a video circulating online showed "Ruby Freeman and Shaye Freeman Moss ... quite obviously surreptitiously passing around USB ports, as if they're vials of heroin or cocaine."

Giuliani haspreviously statedthat he "does not contest the factual allegations" made by Freeman and Moss regarding his statements, but that his statements were "constitutionally protected."

The former New York City mayor is already on the hook for more that $130,000 in legal fees in the case.