Rudy Giuliani needs to learn that sometimes the best thing a human being can do in certain
circumstances is to shut their mouth and say nothing.
That is a valuable piece of advice that I freely offer to really everyone out there.
Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing at all.
But Giuliani is a man who clearly doesn't learn from his past mistakes.
And shortly after he was hit with a $148 million jury verdict in the case brought against him
by Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, the two Georgia election workers, Giuliani went crying to
conservative media outlets where he once again repeated his false claims that just cost him
$148 million about these two women.
He did that multiple times after being hit with the verdict.
And so the logical next step, Rudy Giuliani has once again been hit by another lawsuit
from Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, he's already been ordered to pay them $148 million, but
because he didn't shut up, he now is being sued by them again.
Here is what the new complaint says.
Defendant Giuliani continues to spread the very same lies for which he's already been
held liable.
Defendant Giuliani's statements coupled with his refusal to agree to refrain from continuing
to make such statements make clear that he intends to persist in his campaign of targeted
defamation and harassment.
It must stop.
So Giuliani, you know, former lawyer, former prosecutor, he, he should understand that
like there's no double jeopardy here.
Like once you get found liable for defamation, that doesn't mean that, okay, well now I can
just keep defaming them because I've already been held liable and they can't do anything
again, right?
No, they can, and they are.
And you're gonna be in a lot of trouble because the jury already said you did it.
Actually, the judge already said you did it.
The jury said you did it to the tune of $148 million to their reputations.
And I don't think you have the money to get hit with another $148 million verdict.
But as M-S-N-B-C legal expert Barbara McQuaid pointed out, it may not be about the money.
This may be about getting Giuliani to finally shut up and stop ruining these women's lives.
Here's what McQuaid said on Morning Joe on Tuesday, they've already got 148 million as
a judgment, so they're not looking for more money.
What they really want is for Rudy to shut the hell up by seeking a court order, an injunction
to stop spreading these lies.
One of the things that the parties could do if he continues to do it, is to seek a contempt
order.
Once they've got that injunction demanding that he stop ordering him to stop, if he fails
to do so, he could be held in contempt of court.
And of course, with contempt, a judge has the ability
To jail someone until they comply for up to 18 months.
That may be what they're seeking here is the ability to hold that over his head, and maybe
that'll provide some dis disincentive to finally cause him to stop spreading these lies.
So is the threat of up to 18 months in jail enough to get Rudy Giuliani to finally shut
the hell up?
Probably not.
I mean, honestly, like I don't think it is.
I think he will continue to do it because here's the thing, like when he left the courtroom
and he starts doing these interviews and he is once again repeating the false claims about
the women, he says, he said this, he said that his claims are supportable by the facts,
but he's not gonna release 'em just yet.
He said, stay tuned as if this is like a cliffhanger at the end of a season of a sitcom.
Stay tuned for next season.
Like, no, if you actually had the evidence to support your claims, you would've brought
it up in court.
Like, why did you like, okay, so you didn't defame them.
You've got evidence to prove everything.
You said you were sued for defamation, where all you had to do to not get hit with $148
million was provide this evidence that you swear to God you have, you just didn't want
to yet.
No, that makes no sense because it's not true folks.
Giuliani's gonna keep running his mouth and in the end it could quite literally cost him
everything.
And if he keeps running his mouth, I genuinely hope that it does.