CNN — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the two Georgia election workers who won a nearly $150 million verdict against Rudy Giuliani for defamation on Friday, have sued him again, asking a federal judge to permanently prohibit him from lying about them.

The lawsuit comes as Giuliani has continued to make false statements about their work as absentee ballot counters in the 2020 election.

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    11 months ago

    There’s no way they can permanently prohibit him from lying, but they can permanently get paid each time he does.

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      11 months ago

      Ignoring a court order can lead to jail time. Not enough for being part of an attempted coup, but I’ll take any of these assholes getting any time in jail at this point.

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        11 months ago

        Right now I’d settle to see Rudy in an orange jump suit because of these lies while going to court in Georgia

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        No judge is going to issue a civil court order restricting someone’s speech in perpetuity (and if they did, the judge would end up in hot water). That’s just not what they’re for.

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      I’m just imagining a court-appointed accountant sitting next to him with one of those ticker devices, clicking it over and over again

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      I’m curious what remedy there is for someone defaming you that’s broke. Imagine Rudy getting sued into bankruptcy. On paper, he could have no assets and no income but mooching off the rich fucks still shielding him. What’s to stop him from defaming people then?

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            I think you could jail him still for the original offense and not have it be a debt issue. The court finds him guilty for defamation, but he has no assets to sell, so he’s sentenced to jail time instead.

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              11 months ago

              Jail him for defamation, I’m sure it can carry a sentence, but not because he can’t pay. We’re back to debtor’s prisons in that case.

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        That’s called being “judgement proof”. It’s not an established legal thing, but it’s something lawyers will jokingly refer to. Because they know that even if they successfully get a judgement against the offender, there’s zero chance of actually collecting the judgement. No assets and no income? Good luck collecting on that million dollar judgement, because the court’s actual methods of recourse are limited.

        You could potentially put a lien on their assets, so you claim the value if they ever sell. But if they have no assets, there’s nothing to put a lien on. You could potentially garnish their wages. But if they have no income, there’s nothing to garnish.

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          Honestly at this point with Rudy, seize and sell the fucking clothes off his back and the pen in his pocket. Throw him in an orange jumpsuit and off to jail with him after that.