“I have to analyze this. Obviously – possibly – we’ll move for a new trial. Certainly we’ll appeal. The absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding where I’ve not been able to offer one single piece of evidence in defense. Of which I have a lot.
“So I am quite confident that when this case gets before a fair tribunal, it’ll be reversed so quickly it’ll make your head spin. And the absurd number that just came in will help that, actually.
“I didn’t testify because the judge made it clear that if I made any mistake or did anything wrong, I’d be held in contempt. And this judge does have a reputation of putting people in jail. I have no doubt that the comments I made were supportable and are supportable today.
“I believe the judge was threatening me with the strong possibility that I’d be held in contempt or put in jail.” – Rudy Giuliani, in what CNN legal analyst Elie Honig just now described as even more lies.
“We will certainly appeal.”
Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters outside of a Washington, D.C., courthouse after the jury determined that Giuliani will have to pay former Georgia election workers a total of nearly $150 million for targeting them with defamatory statements. pic.twitter.com/QUWOHNF2mS
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) December 15, 2023