Rudy Giuliani Admits Making False Statements About Georgia Election Workers

Rudy Giuliani submitted a court filing Tuesday night admitting that statements he made accusing two Georgia electoral workers of fraud in the 2020 presidential election were false.

The Details: Giuliani, who served on former President Donald Trump's legal team from 2018 to 2021, acknowledged making the false statements while maintaining that "such expressions were "constitutionally protected statements or opinions." In December 2021, the two workers accused Giuliani of making defamatory statements about them. The complaint focused on a clip shown on One America News Network, in which Giuliani accused the duo of "surreptitious illegal activity" and swapping USB drives like “vials of heroin or cocaine” to tip the vote count in President Joe Biden's favor.

Key Quotes: "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," the document reads.

How the Media Covered It: Left- and center-rated sources tended to frame Giuliani more negatively than right-rated sources did, mainly by using charged language when describing his false statements. New York Daily News (Left bias) said Giuliani "admits he spewed lies about two Georgia election workers he infamously accused of trying to rig the 2020 election for President Biden." National Review (Right) said Giuliani entered a court filing "admitting that statements made accusing two Georgia electoral workers of fraud following the 2020 presidential election were 'false.'"