Diving headfirst into what’s shaping up to be a legal maelstrom, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell delivered a blistering verdict against Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday. The former New York City mayor is now liable for defaming Georgia poll workers lawsuit Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss during the tumultuous 2020 presidential election saga.
Twisting the Plot: Giuliani’s Defiance
While thrilling courtroom dramas usually involve last-minute evidence or dramatic testimonies, this real-life legal standoff saw Giuliani, astonishingly, merely disabling an auto-delete function on electronic devices as his only attempt at evidence preservation.
Labeling Giuliani’s preservation endeavors as nothing more than “lackluster”, Judge Howell didn’t hold back in her 57-page order.
Painting a picture as vivid as a courtroom drama, she noted that the former mayor’s actions seemed to dance around the edges of law, almost mocking the sacred tenets of justice.
His defense, which involved shifting blame to government seizures and painting Freeman and Moss as the villains, fell flat.
