Giuliani Loses Bid to Reverse $148 Million Defamation Verdict

A judge has rejected Rudolph Giuliani’s effort to overturn the $148 million judgment he was ordered to pay two Georgia poll workers he accused of rigging the 2020 presidential election.

The former New York mayor urged the US District Court for the District of Columbia to reverse its December ruling and override a jury’s verdict finding him liable for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Judge Beryl A. Howell’s Monday ruling effectively cut short Giuliani’s attempt to reduce his debt in bankruptcy.

The judge wasn’t convinced by what she called Giuliani’s “threadbare” arguments for a new trial or reduction ...