Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media as he leaves federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023.
Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday that he made "false" statements about two Georgia 2020 election workers who are suing him over baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.
"Defendant Giuliani, for the purposes of litigation only, does not contest that, to the extent the statements were statements of fact and other wise actionable, such actionable factual statements were false," Giuliani wrote in a signed stipulation that he said was intended to "avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes."
Giuliani had claimed that Freeman and Moss were "passing around USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine."
The filing by Giuliani comes after Georgia's State Election Board last month dismissed its yearslong investigation into alleged election fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, clearing Freeman and Moss of wrongdoing.
Persons:
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Defendant Giuliani, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Moss, Freeman, Shaye, Michael J, Gottlieb, Gallagher, Shaye Moss, Trump, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Josh Cradduck
Organizations:
Trump, Willkie, Farr, New, NBC, Farm Arena, FBI, Georgia Bureau of Investigations
Locations:
Washington , DC, Georgia, litigating, New York, Atlanta, Freeman