The former president's ex-legal adviser conceded making 'false' statements, but argued that it did not mean they caused the workers damage.
has admitted to making"false" statements regarding election workers the former president claimed had tampered with ballots in the 2020 presidential election count in Georgia.
In a court filing on Tuesday, the former mayor of New York conceded that he had made the statements and had published them to third parties, but said that such an admission would not change his argument that they were"constitutionally protected" and had not adversely affected the workers concerned. Giuliani did not contest that"to the extent that the statements were statements of fact and otherwise actionable, such actionable factual statements were false."
The statement by the Republican lawyer came as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea"Shaye" Moss, who claimed to have faced harassment after Giuliani and Trump spread allegations that they had counted extra votes. Rudy Giuliani is seen leaving the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2023. Giuliani is being sued by election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss for defamation.The two were said to have removed ballots from suitcases underneath tables after the count had ended in Fulton County, Georgia.
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