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Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million in defamation trial

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Was their name dragged through the mud? I had to look them up.

Death threats are unpleasant....I'll agree. I don't know if 100 million plus is warranted. Seems excessive.
You had to look them up? So you know very little about this, and yet you are here saying so very much.

Here, educate yourself, although I don't expect you to empathise for them given that they are obviously not white.



 
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Sounds like an average night for Kyle Rittenhouse.

At what point were they kidnapped and tortured?
Congrats. I’ve seen some truly disgusting things said on these forums in the 15+ years I’ve been on here, but this statement tops them all. It is next level appalling.
 

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You had to look them up? So you know very little about this, and yet you are here saying so very much.

Here, educate yourself, although I don't expect you to empathise for them given that they are obviously not white.

That seems to be his "thing". He some how isolated "Ray Epps" as an instigator in a discussion of the Jan 6 Capitol tapes without knowing anything either.
 
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Congrats. I’ve seen some truly disgusting things said on these forums in the 15+ years I’ve been on here, but this statement tops them all. It is next level appalling.

Stick around, I'm sure it gets better...
 
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Stick around, I'm sure it gets better...
I’ve found myself in a streak of threads as of late where casual racism is just dropped, but NGL, that one really stands out. The casual “yeah, but they weren’t tortured and kidnapped so whatever” is a bit much for me.
 
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I’ve found myself in a streak of threads as of late where casual racism is just dropped, but NGL, that one really stands out. The casual “yeah, but they weren’t tortured and kidnapped so whatever” is a bit much for me.

I tried leaving this toxic environment, thankfully I am not permitted to post in most areas since the Christians Only change and I have been banned from the American politics because I am in the Navy and called out a basement internet warfighter in 2021 because he thought he knew more about what was happening in "the fleet" than someone actually out here. Anyway, I was taking a break from constant drone and cruise missiles excitement and logged in. just like an alcoholic, I'm off the wagon.
 
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Congrats. I’ve seen some truly disgusting things said on these forums in the 15+ years I’ve been on here, but this statement tops them all. It is next level appalling.
If that’s the worst you’ve seen, you’ve missed some doozies.
 
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Congrats. I’ve seen some truly disgusting things said on these forums in the 15+ years I’ve been on here, but this statement tops them all. It is next level appalling.
It’s easier just to scan-and-shake
 
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I tried leaving this toxic environment, thankfully I am not permitted to post in most areas since the Christians Only change and I have been banned from the American politics because I am in the Navy and called out a basement internet warfighter in 2021 because he thought he knew more about what was happening in "the fleet" than someone actually out here. Anyway, I was taking a break from constant drone and cruise missiles excitement and logged in. just like an alcoholic, I'm off the wagon.
Like when I was five and kept going back to poke that dead raccoon with a stick until the “agents of decay” appeared, yes.
 
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If that’s the worst you’ve seen, you’ve missed some doozies.
That I don’t doubt. But comparing to POC to Kyle Rittenhouse and then saying because they weren’t kidnapped and tortured could they really have been that harassed isn’t a good look.
 
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The extremely high amount of the payment in this ruling is yet another example of a weaponized "justice" system.
Based on my understanding they weren't asking for that amount. It was the jury who decided to award them extra compensation...

The jury was tasked with determining how much in compensatory and punitive damages to award the mother-and-daughter pair. Freeman sought compensatory damages of $23.9 million for defamation, while Moss was asking for $24.7 million.

A federal jury on Friday ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to pay a total of $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who were at the center of baseless claims he spread in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, a stunning award worth nearly $100 million more than the women had sought.



Now, whether Rudy actually has that money to give will be a different story... I suspect they'll get their $148 million check in the mail right around the same time the Sandy Hook parents get their $900 million from Alex Jones.
 
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The extremely high amount of the payment in this ruling is yet another example of a weaponized "justice" system.
Who exactly was doing the weaponizing in this case? This was a private tort, with nothing to do with the government.
 
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Who exactly was doing the weaponizing in this case? This was a private tort, with nothing to do with the government.

I daresay prosecutors proved this intentional tort against Mr Giuliani too. These people (so called elites) are so above the law (in their own minds) they are genuinely surprised if they are held accountable. They have abused their own rigged system for so long it's simply inconceivable to them that they could ever be punished. Rudy has shown exactly how much remorse for the suffering he's inflicted on these ladies? He genuinely feels superior to them and it gives him license to say anything.

What do you do with a spoiled child? Do you reward his awful behavior? Not according to Dr Phil lol. You punish them. Though tort law I believe is created more for rewarding victims than punishing the offender, authorities must incarcerate those who refuse to pay damages in these cases. Even now, with a $148,000,000 judgment against him, Giuliani is on TV defaming the ladies some more, and likely the judge and jury. Punish creeps to reduce this nonsense. Even if they’re pretty, or extremely wealthy!
 
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Based on my understanding they weren't asking for that amount. It was the jury who decided to award them extra compensation...

The jury was tasked with determining how much in compensatory and punitive damages to award the mother-and-daughter pair. Freeman sought compensatory damages of $23.9 million for defamation, while Moss was asking for $24.7 million.

A federal jury on Friday ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to pay a total of $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who were at the center of baseless claims he spread in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, a stunning award worth nearly $100 million more than the women had sought.



Now, whether Rudy actually has that money to give will be a different story... I suspect they'll get their $148 million check in the mail right around the same time the Sandy Hook parents get their $900 million from Alex Jones.
This post leads me to believe even stronger that the so-called federal justice system is persecuting Giuliani, and any other Trump ally that they can.
 
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This post leads me to believe even stronger that the so-called federal justice system is persecuting Giuliani, and any other Trump ally that they can.
What federal justice system? This was a civil case brought by two private individuals and decided by a jury made up of 8 random individuals.
 
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