WASHINGTON — Two former Georgia election staff who received a $148 million defamation judgment towards Rudy Giuliani requested Monday for a court docket order barring him from persevering with to repeat the lies he unfold about them following the 2020 election.

The brand new lawsuit factors to feedback the previous New York Metropolis mayor made throughout and after the damages trial final week, repeating the baseless conspiracy theories about Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.

These statements “clarify that he intends to persist in his marketing campaign of focused defamation and harassment. It should cease,” attorneys for the mom and daughter wrote in court docket paperwork.

A spokesman for Giuliani didn’t instantly return a message in search of remark.

Giuliani has beforehand acknowledged in court docket paperwork that he made public feedback falsely claiming Freeman and Moss dedicated poll fraud as he fought to maintain fellow Republican Donald Trump within the White Home after Democrat Joe Biden received the 2020 presidential election.

These claims led to racist threats and intense harassment that compelled the mom and daughter to flee their houses and concern for his or her lives, they mentioned in emotional testimony final week. The trial was held to find out the quantity of damages after a choose discovered he was accountable for defaming them.

Giuliani has vowed to attraction the decision, and it isn’t clear whether or not he would be capable to pay the staggering damages. He’s proven indicators of economic pressure as he defends himself towards expensive lawsuits and investigations stemming from his illustration of former president Donald Trump.

He’s additionally amongst 19 folks charged in Georgia within the case accusing Trump and his Republican allies of working to subvert the state’s 2020 election outcomes. Giuliani has pleaded not responsible and has characterised the case as politically motivated.