fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $148 million in damages for the lies mr. giuliani spread about them. giuliani has already said he will appeal the ruling. and we will get some expert help on what that means for this case, in just a second. but throughout this trial we have learned so much more about what exactly happened here. most of what we understood about ruby freeman and shaye moss s story before this trial was about the lies giuliani and trump pushed about these two women and the threats that followed. and what we ve learned through the trial is how much those threats actually impacted their lives. he was ruby freeman s at the court after today s verdict. i want people to understand this. money will never solve all of my problems. i can never move back into the house that i call home. i will always have to be careful about where i go and who i choose to share my name with. i miss my home. i miss my neighbors. and i missed my name
you won the week. that s tonight s read out, all in with chris hayes starts now. all tonight on all in. a jury still witnessed a what rudy giuliani did to me and my daughter, and held him accountable, and for that, i m thankful. breaking news across all the networks. oh my goodness, all the networks. wow. tonight, the crushing verdict against donald trump s lead election denier. she, she. the attorney for them ruby freeman and shaye moss will join me. rudy was not the only one to week a apologies from two top codefendants could be a dark side of things to come. plus, new reporting on donald trump and the missing binder of classified intelligence on russia. and jodi kantor of the new york times on her explosive new reporting on how the supreme court maneuvered to end federal abortion rights all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. rudy giuliani has been ordered by a jury to pay to georgia election workers 100 and $48 million in
you have a great weekend. and to all of you joining us tonight, our breaking news. $148 million, today, a washington d. c. jury ordered rudy giuliani to pay 148 million, $169,000 to the two atlanta election workers who he falsely accused of election fraud, after donald trump lost the 2020 presidential election. the case began on monday of this week and, despite very vocal promises to do so, in the end, giuliani did not take the stand in his own defense. that left the jury with little to consider of the harrowing and compelling testimony from ruby freeman and shaye moss, who many met during the house select hearings. i stayed away from my home for approximately two months. it was horrible. i felt homkeless. i felt, i can t believe this person has caused just much damage to me and my family. to have to leave my home that i lived there for 21 years. lady ruby and her daughter describe to the jurors and vivid and emotional detail, how they were terrorized by racial threats, w
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we have new tapes. in a beat exclusive we have new audio tapes of congressman george santos, arraigned today for that indictment. they are the santos tapes and they re coming up shortly. later i want to tell you we also have my special report on clarence thomas problem with law and precedent. we ll get to that breakdown and these tapes. our top story right now is the santos indictment itself. this is the most controversial new lawmaker in congress, now indicted for breaking laws. prosecutors say his lies became crimes, to put it simply, and today, for his part, the congressman vowing to fight the case while echoing a maga witch-hunt defense. now, i m going to have to go and fight to defend myself. the reality is is it s a witch-hunt. i m going to fight my battle. i m going to deliver. i m going to fight the witch-hunt. i m going take care of clearing my name. i will prove myself innocent. he pled not guilty and is now out on bon
It was a monday night, just after 8 30 eastern time when news broke that shook the entire country. Political had the once in a lifetime scoop about a draft opinion. Supreme court has voted to overturn Abortion Rights. We hold that roe and casey must be overruled, Justice Alito writes in a draft circulated inside the courtroom. That scoop, that headline changed everything. It certainly changed the course of the Midterm Elections. In that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed. It gave democrats over a month and a half a head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. And on june 24th, the Supreme Court struck down roe v. Wade. The law of the land for nearly 50 years, they stripped away Reproductive Rights for millions in this country. Just six weeks later, the first test of Abortion Rights at the ballot box came in kansas. Voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendm