Rudy Giuliani Confesses to Making False Statement in Georgia Election Defamation Case

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, submitted a court filing just before midnight Tuesday admitting that statements made accusing two Georgia electoral workers of fraud following the 2020 presidential election were “false.”

“The Defendant Giuliani, for the purposes of this litigation only, does not contest that, to the extent the statements were of fact and otherwise actionable, such actionable factual statements are false,” a copy of the legal document reads.

Moreover, “Giuliani does not contest, solely for the purposes of this litigation, including on any appeal in this litigation, the factual elements of liability,” the letter, written by the lawyer himself, added.

The filing further elaborated that Giuliani’s comments “carry meaning that is defamatory, per se,” but that such expressions were “constitutionally protected statements or opinions.”

In December 2021, Wandrea “Shay” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, filed a lawsuit with the federal court in Washington, D.C., accusing Giuliani, who served as mayor of New York City from 1994 until 2001, of making defamatory statements about them on the One America News Network (OAN).