Legal experts said that it was wise of Giuliani’s defense team not to have him testify in his defamation trial this week.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to testify in his defamation trial in Washington, D.C., this week, where a jury is set to determine how much in damages he should pay two Georgia election workers for lying about their work in the 2020 election.
Giuliani has already been found liable for defaming Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss for baselessly accusing the women of committing election fraud while they were counting 2020 ballots in Fulton County. The mother and daughter are seeking between $15.5 million and $43 million in damages, stating in testimony this week that they received a flood of harassment and threats in the aftermath of ex-President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden.
“I think that Rudy really wanted to testify, but his recent out-of-court statements made his lawyers put the brakes on such a move,” Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach, Florida, said.
