State and federal investigators quickly determined the allegations were false. 6th congressional committee, what she handed her mom was “a ginger mint,” not a USB port. He later accused Moss and Freeman of fraud by name.ĭuring one state legislative hearing, Giuliani accused Moss of handing her mother “USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine.” In fact, Moss testified before the Jan. That December, he unveiled snippets of surveillance video from ballot counting there that he said was a “smoking gun” for election fraud. Soon after the 2020 election, as Trump and his aides searched for instances of voter fraud, Giuliani keyed in on State Farm Arena in Atlanta. “Those out to smear the mayor are ignoring the fact that this stipulation is designed to get to the legal issues of the case.” “This is a legal issue, not a factual issue,” Goodman said. “Mayor Rudy Giuliani did not acknowledge that the statements were false but did not contest it in order to move on to the portion of the case that will permit a motion to dismiss,” Goodman said in a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ted Goodman, a political advisor to Giuliani, downplayed the significance of the court filing. The plaintiffs are asking for a lot more than that.” But he’s not conceding that he knew or should have known that it was false when he said it, or even now. “He’s saying the court can go ahead and find what he said was false. “So he’s offering an alternative, but it’s not much,” Canfield said. He also said it appears that the former New York City mayor may be trying to avoid having the judge in the case toss out his defense as a sanction for his failure to turn over evidence to Freeman and Moss’ legal team. He’s simply not contesting it.”Ītlanta lawyer Peter Canfield, who also specializes in First Amendment law, agreed. “It would not be technically correct that he’s admitting he made those statements or that they were defamatory per se. In this case, “it’s different than admitting the allegation,” he added. Such a motion, which means “I do not contest it,” is usually filed in a criminal case when someone is entering a plea, he said. Atlanta attorney Bruce Brown, who specializes in First Amendment and defamation law, said he’s never seen such a motion - in this case, called a “no lo contendre stipulation” - filed in a civil case.
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