前纽约市长鲁迪·朱利安尼本周在华盛顿接受审判，罪名是诽谤乔治亚州的选举工作人员2020年大选后的鲁比·弗里曼和旺德雷·“叶莎”·莫斯。朱利安尼代表前总统唐纳德·特朗普指责这对母女选举舞弊当时这两人正在佐治亚州富尔顿县计票。
美国地区法官贝丽尔·豪厄尔在八月被判缺席判决对这两个女人来说，本周的审判将决定朱利安尼必须支付的损害赔偿和任何罚款的全部范围。弗里曼和莫斯的要价在1550万到4300万美元之间。
朱利安尼否认种族主义信息
离开法庭时，鲁迪·朱利安尼说他与此事无关带有种族色彩的信息露比·弗里曼和叶莎·莫斯。
朱利安尼对记者说:“我与这些事没有任何关系。”。
“我的名字不在那里。这不是指我，”这位前市长说。“我甚至不知道那些人是谁。”
莫斯·弗里曼歇他们的案子
在经历了近90分钟充满感情的证词后，鲁比·弗里曼走下证人席，成为她和女儿起诉鲁迪·朱利安尼一案的最后一名证人。
辩方停止了辩护，豪威尔法官让陪审员回家了。
法庭随后休庭至明天，届时辩方将陈述案情。
朱利安尼预计会出庭作证。
弗里曼含泪作证说，由于受到威胁，她离开了家
Ruby Freeman擦干眼泪，描述了她被迫离开家两个月，最终不得不搬出去，因为她被错误地指控操纵选票后受到了威胁。
弗里曼说，美国联邦调查局建议她离开家。然后她住在不同的机场。
“我不能呆在家里，”弗里曼说。"我太害怕了，我的邻居不得不提防我。"
弗里曼抽泣着讲述她在新家是如何失去使用自己名字的能力的。她说她太害怕了，不敢向邻居介绍自己。
“我有一个家，但我不能做任何事情，”弗里曼说。
弗里曼称特朗普对佐治亚州官员的呼吁是“卑鄙的”和“邪恶的”
2021年1月2日，时任总统唐纳德·特朗普在给佐治亚州官员的臭名昭著的电话中十几次提到鲁比·弗里曼的名字，当时特朗普恳求国务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格“找到”足够的选票为他赢得这个州。
在电话录音后来被公开后，弗里曼描述说，听到她的名字从“地球上最有权力的人”嘴里说出，正如她的律师形容特朗普的那样。
“鲁比在哪里?”可以听到特朗普问Raffensperger，指的是当时在网上流行的一个表达。
“我只是觉得，‘真的吗?’“弗里曼作证。”总统，在说我吗?我吗?多么卑鄙，多么邪恶。"
“我简直崩溃了，”她说。“这让我觉得，你不在乎我是一个真实的人。”
Giuliani defamation trial: Election worker testifies 'I was terrorized' by conspiracy threats
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week fordefaming Georgia election workersRuby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Giuliani, acting on behalf of former President Donald Trump, accused the mother and daughter ofcommitting election fraudwhile the two were counting ballots on Election Day in Georgia's Fulton County.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Augustawarded a default judgmentto the two women, leaving this week's trial to determine the full scope of the damages and any penalties Giuliani will have to pay. Freeman and Moss are seeking between $15.5 million and $43 million.
Giuliani disavows racist messages
Leaving court, Rudy Giuliani said he had nothing do to with theracially charged messagesto Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss that were presented in court.
"I had nothing to do with any of those," Giuliani told reporters.
"My name isn't there. It doesn't refer to me," the former mayor said. "I don't even know who those people are."
Moss, Freeman rest their case
Ruby Freeman stepped down from the witness stand after almost 90 minutes of emotional testimony as the final witness in her and her daughter's case against Rudy Giuliani.
The defense rested its case, and Judge Howell sent jurors home for the day.
Court was subsequently adjourned until tomorrow, when the defense is scheduled to present its case.
Giuliani is expected to take the stand.
Freeman tearfully testifies she left her home due to threats
Wiping away tears, Ruby Freeman described being forced to leave her house for two months -- and ultimately having to move out -- because of the threats she received after she was falsely accused of manipulating ballots.
Freeman said she was advised to leave her home by the FBI. She then stayed in different Airbnbs.
"I couldn't stay at home," Freeman said. "I was just too scared and my neighbors were having to watch out for me."
Freeman sobbed as she recounted how she lost the ability to use her name in her new home. She said she is too scared to introduce herself to her neighbors.
"I have a home but I can't do anything," Freeman said.
Freeman calls Trump's call to Georgia officials 'mean' and 'evil'
Then-President Donald Trump invoked Ruby Freeman's name more than a dozen times in his infamous phone call to Georgia officials on Jan. 2, 2021, when Trump implored Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to"find" enough votesto win him the state.
After an audio recording of the call was later made public, Freeman described hearing her name come out of the mouth of the "most powerful person on Earth," as her attorney characterized Trump.
"Where's Ruby?" Trump could be heard asking Raffensperger, referring to an expression that was then trending online.
"I just felt like, 'Really?'" Freeman testified. "The president, talking about me? Me? How mean, how evil."
"I just was devastated," she said. "It made me feel like, you don't care that I'm a real person."
