Georgia State News http://feed.informer.com/digests/VTVYCNK0M6/feeder Georgia State News Respective post owners and feed distributors Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:50:30 +0000 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ Why Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/31/voting-rights-act-threats-2024-black-voters Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:6e65ec72-5ed1-6b02-ff00-a91744c6c103 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 13:00:02 +0000 <p>A victory in 2023 in Alabama after a supreme court ruling may be short-lived as three cases pose a dire threat to voting rights</p><p>As 2023 comes to a close, the Voting Rights Act is facing a series of dire threats that could significantly weaken the landmark civil rights law.</p><p>A suite of three different pending cases could gut the ability of private plaintiffs to challenge the Voting Rights Act, make it harder to challenge discriminatory election systems, and limit the Voting Rights Act’s protections in areas where a single racial minority doesn’t constitute a majority.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/31/voting-rights-act-threats-2024-black-voters">Continue reading...</a> Win for Republicans as US judge upholds Georgia congressional map https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/28/judge-upholds-republican-georgia-voting-maps Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:da109b56-c35e-42fa-8d86-5f63545d9b30 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:58:55 +0000 <p>Critics call decision by Steve Jones a ‘disgrace’ and say recently redrawn maps dilute voting power of minority residents</p><p>A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday upheld a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/04/georgia-congressional-map-black-voters">Republican-drawn congressional map</a>, a ruling branded “a disgrace” by voting rights advocates who claim that the latest district lines illegally dilute the voting power of minority residents.</p><p>The decision from Steve Jones set the stage for next year’s elections, with Republicans now likely to maintain their 9-5 advantage among the swing state’s 14 seats in the US House of Representatives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/28/judge-upholds-republican-georgia-voting-maps">Continue reading...</a> Marjorie Taylor Greene among US public figures hit by threats and swatting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/26/politician-threats-protest-marjorie-taylor-greene-supreme-court-colorado Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:92ecdf17-affb-2113-ffcd-5b71748c8494 Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:57:02 +0000 <p>Congresswoman said hoaxer tried to trigger police response while Colorado justices who ruled against Trump face threats</p><p>The political became personal over the Christmas holiday as the homes of politicos and judges were targeted by threats, protests and “swatting” hoaxes by pranksters who call in fake emergencies to authorities in the hopes of prompting a forceful police response.</p><p>A swatting hoax targeted the Republican congresswoman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-mtg-book-review">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a>. Authorities said they were investigating threats against the Colorado supreme court justices who ruled that Trump could not appear on the state’s ballots in the 2024 presidential election because he incited an insurrection on the day of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/26/politician-threats-protest-marjorie-taylor-greene-supreme-court-colorado">Continue reading...</a> Weather tracker: Nor’easter drenches US south-east coast https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/weather-tracker-nor-easter-drenches-us-south-east-coast-florida-georgia-south-carolina Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:04ca6d85-5243-3216-aa8b-bcaf9db1bb4f Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:44:10 +0000 <p>Up to 127mm of rain falls on Florida and gusty winds and flash flooding hit parts of Georgia and South Carolina</p><p>Last weekend, a low-pressure system that had developed over the Gulf of Mexico tracked north-east across the Florida peninsula. Lashings of heavy rain and strong winds were brought to Florida during the early hours of Sunday morning, dumping up to 127mm (5in) of rain on the state in its passing.</p><p>The low-pressure system, termed a “nor’easter”, continued to track north-east, strengthening and bringing gusty winds and flash flooding to the coastal parts of the south-east US, including Georgia and South Carolina.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/weather-tracker-nor-easter-drenches-us-south-east-coast-florida-georgia-south-carolina">Continue reading...</a> Vin Diesel denies accusations of sexual battery in lawsuit by former assistant https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/21/vin-diesel-sexual-battery-lawsuit-former-assistant Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:12b3a0f6-0869-1741-c62c-d5c5163df910 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:06:54 +0000 <p>Asta Jonasson alleges Fast and Furious actor assaulted her in 2010 in Atlanta hotel during Fast Five filming</p><p>The actor Vin Diesel has “categorically” denied accusations of sexual battery by a former assistant.</p><p>In a statement, Diesel’s lawyer said: “Let me be very clear, Vin Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety. This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly nine-day employee. There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/21/vin-diesel-sexual-battery-lawsuit-former-assistant">Continue reading...</a> Giuliani files for bankruptcy after judge rules Georgia election workers can collect $148m https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/21/giuliani-148-million-damages-georgia-lawsuit Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:d650f0d4-cfc1-c14b-84ef-c2c7cd56189f Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:33:48 +0000 <p>Former New York mayor submitted filing after judge ruled workers who sued for defamation could immediately collect their damages</p><p>Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy after two election workers sued him for defamation and won $148.1m in damages.</p><p>One expert said the move would probably not mean Giuliani had a “clean slate over the damages”, though it was likely to make recovering them a “long road” for the election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/21/giuliani-148-million-damages-georgia-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a> Georgia election workers sue to bar Giuliani from repeating same 2020 lies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/19/georgia-election-workers-giuliani-lawsuit-2020-lies Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:48444507-94df-5155-61ed-47600162254d Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:48:04 +0000 <p>Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss already won $148m defamation judgment against former New York City mayor</p><p>Two former Georgia election workers who won <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/17/rudy-giuliani-verdict-defamation-reputations">a $148m defamation judgment</a> against Rudy Giuliani asked on Monday for a court order barring him from continuing to repeat the lies he spread about them following the 2020 election.</p><p>The new lawsuit points to comments the former New York City mayor made during and after the damages trial last week, repeating the baseless conspiracy theories about Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/19/georgia-election-workers-giuliani-lawsuit-2020-lies">Continue reading...</a> Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’s bid to move Georgia elections case https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/mark-meadows-georgia-election-case-appeals-court Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:7d973510-0971-68c4-6803-2ce82dd2d1a3 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:55:01 +0000 <p>Trump’s ex-White House chief of staff had tried to transfer his 2020 election interference case to federal court </p><p>A federal appeals court on Monday rejected former Trump White House chief of staff <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mark-meadows">Mark Meadows</a>’s request to transfer his 2020 election interference case in Georgia to federal court, ruling he was not entitled to the privilege because he was not currently a federal official.</p><p>The court also ruled that Meadows would not have qualified for such a transfer because the conduct he was charged with did not relate to his official duties as Trump’s final chief of staff, instead counting as campaign activities.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/mark-meadows-georgia-election-case-appeals-court">Continue reading...</a> Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election case by claiming political speech https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/trump-georgia-election-case-political-speech Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:b76c2581-c7f4-c872-20ad-7d672d0c031c Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:30:25 +0000 <p>Former president files motion to dismiss election interference case, contending indictment violates his first amendment rights</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s lawyer asked a judge on Monday to throw out the Georgia criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state, contending the indictment violated the former president’s first amendment rights by charging him for so-called core political speech.</p><p>The motion to dismiss the election interference case brought by the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, was similar in scope and theory to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Trump’s</a> request to throw out the federal indictment in Washington DC that was rejected this month.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/trump-georgia-election-case-political-speech">Continue reading...</a> Black Georgian men helped Biden win the White House – are they losing faith? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/black-voters-biden-opinion-approval-georgia Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:97fb3006-905e-ca3b-eaff-b2c4c534da5b Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:00:55 +0000 <p>Some African American men in the key swing state are feeling neglected and are critical of the president’s support for Israel but others warn not to confuse enthusiasm with electability</p><p>Morehouse College, a 156-year-old Black men’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, has produced graduates such as Martin Luther King and Spike Lee. It has been an essential campaign stop for Democratic politicians such as Barack Obama, John Lewis and, last September, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/09/26/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-a-moderated-conversation-with-gia-peppers-and-cedric-richmond-during-the-national-fight-for-our-freedoms-college-tour/">Kamala Harris</a>.</p><p>But as another presidential election looms, Joe Biden can take nothing for granted here. “A resounding no,” was 28-year-old Ade Abney’s verdict on whether the US president has delivered on his promises to Black voters. “I voted for Biden in 2020 but next year I don’t know who I’m going to vote for. It probably will not be him.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/18/black-voters-biden-opinion-approval-georgia">Continue reading...</a> ‘I miss my name’: Giuliani verdict lays bare limits of defamation law https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/17/rudy-giuliani-verdict-defamation-reputations Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:3de30f55-e6f5-0730-707e-cded85ef813d Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:00:27 +0000 <p>The $148.1m award to election workers for his lies is only a small measure of justice because damaged reputations can’t be restored</p><p>About halfway down the main hallway in the federal courthouse in Washington DC are the names of every judge who has sat on the bench since the early 1800s. Printed in gold lettering, the names include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Antonin Scalia and Ketanji Brown Jackson, all of whom have gone on to the highest levels of public service.</p><p>But this week, four floors above that hallway, in courtroom 26A, two little-known public servants mourned the moment they lost their own names.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/17/rudy-giuliani-verdict-defamation-reputations">Continue reading...</a> Rudy Giuliani defamation trial: key moments at a glance https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-verdict-what-to-know Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:fc8d31af-8265-f8da-9a27-96d1dbbb184d Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:54:18 +0000 <p>The Trump ally and former New York mayor has been ordered to pay $148.1m to two election workers he circulated lies about</p><p>A jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148.1m after he spread lies about them following the 2020 election.</p><p>The verdict, after a four-day trial in Washington, came after Moss and Freeman testified in court that they feared for their lives when Giuliani falsely claimed they had tampered with votes.</p><p><strong>The $148.1m damages award for to two Atlanta election workers</strong> is one of the most significant verdicts to date seeking accountability for those who attempted to overturn the 2020 election.</p><p><strong>Freeman and Moss testified about the effects of lies spread by </strong><strong> Giuliani</strong> and others who put them at the center of an election conspiracy theory. They shared examples of the racist, harassing, threatening messages they received after being publicly named by election deniers.</p><p><strong>Freeman testified about her experiences following Giuliani’s defamatory comments, in which he accused her of committing election fraud.</strong> “Sometimes I don’t know who I am,” said Freeman.</p><p><strong>Lawyers for Freeman and Moss played audio and displayed several of the racist messages they received in court. It included one of a person saying a racial slur over and over again.</strong> Another was a picture of what Freeman described as a kind of “monkey beast” and had writing on it that said “Ruby Freeman’s father”.</p><p><strong>Freeman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-georgia-third-day">said</a> she had to leave her home for safety reasons.</strong> She hired a lawyer to help keep her name off any home-related documents for her new place. She said she felt like she has lost who she is, and her good name.</p><p><strong>Moss <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/12/rudy-giuliani-election-workers-trial">detailed</a> how she became anxious to even leave the house,</strong> and that the false claims caused her son to be harassed, eventually failing his classes. She said she still does not really go out.</p><p><strong>Giuliani was initially expected to testify.</strong> But after two separate incidents of him doubling down, his team <strong>did not put him on the stand</strong>. His lawyer said the women had been through enough, but also pointed to Gateway Pundit, the rightwing media outlet, as more culpable for the harassment.</p><p><strong>Speaking outside court on Friday, Freeman said: “Today’s a good day.</strong> A jury stood witness to what Rudy Giuliani did to me and my daughter and held him accountable, and for that I’m thankful.Today is not the end of the road, we still have work to do. Rudy Giuliani was not the only one who spread lies about us, and others must be held accountable too. But that is tomorrow’s work.”</p><p><strong>Her daughter Shaye Moss also gave a statement, saying: The flame that Giuliani lit with those lies and passed to so many others to keep that flame blazing changed every aspect of our lives</strong> – our homes, our family, our work, our sense of safety, our mental health. And we’re still working to rebuild.</p><p><strong>Giuliani himself dismissed the verdict and told reporters outside Washington’s federal courthouse that he will appeal</strong>, saying the “absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding”. “It will be reversed so quickly it will make your head spin, and the absurd number that just came in will help that actually,” he said.</p><p><strong>Ashlee Humphreys, a professor from Northwestern University</strong> and an expert witness of Freeman and Moss, walked through the significant reputational damage done to them, showing how their names are now associated with election fraud.</p><p><strong>Freeman and Moss’s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, said they hope the case</strong> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/rudy-giuliani-testimony-federal-defamation-case-atlanta-election-workers">sends a clear message</a> to people launching smear campaigns not to do it.</p><p><strong>The jury began deliberations on Thursday and returned their verdict on Friday afternoon.</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-verdict-what-to-know">Continue reading...</a> Multimillion-dollar ruling against Giuliani shows cost of spreading election lies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-damages-cost-analysis-takeaways Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:ffab0ea1-1d89-d3c0-b4aa-8e902c5f49e7 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:53:01 +0000 <p>As the 2024 election approaches, the $148m judgment against a key Trump ally sends a message that falsehoods have consequences</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-pay-damages-election-workers-defamation-trial">Full report: Giuliani told to pay $148m in damages</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-verdict-what-to-know">Key moments from the trial at a glance</a></li></ul><p>The judge had already decided Rudy Giuliani defamed the two former Georgia election workers, the question was just how much that cycle of lies and ensuing harassment should cost him.</p><p>A jury declared on Friday that it was worth an eye-popping $148m, far beyond expectations and a major blow to the former New York mayor and key Donald Trump ally.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-damages-cost-analysis-takeaways">Continue reading...</a> Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148.1m in damages for lies about election workers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-pay-damages-election-workers-defamation-trial Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:a6c8d230-b0b7-5858-8d52-d95b9e8a2941 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:39:06 +0000 <p>Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, from Atlanta, received threats after Trump ally falsely accused them of trying to steal election</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-election-workers-verdict-live-updates">Rudy Giuliani verdict – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-verdict-what-to-know">Key moments from the trial at a glance</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-damages-cost-analysis-takeaways">Analysis: verdict shows cost of lies</a></li></ul><p>A Washington DC jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148.1m<strong> </strong>to<strong> </strong>two Atlanta election workers after he spread lies about them, one of the most significant verdicts to date seeking accountability for those who attempted to overturn the 2020 election.</p><p>The verdict follows a four-day trial in which Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, her daughter, gave haunting details about the harassment and threats they faced after Giuliani falsely accused them of trying to steal the election in Georgia. The women, who are Black, described how they fled, are afraid to give their names in public, and still suffer severe emotional distress today. Their lawyers asked the jury to award them each at least $24m in damages. Giuliani’s attorney said earlier this week that awarding the plaintiffs their sought damages would be a “death penalty” and would be “the end of Mr Giuliani”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/rudy-giuliani-pay-damages-election-workers-defamation-trial">Continue reading...</a> Appeals court skeptical of Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election case https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/mark-meadows-georgia-election-interference-case-appeals-court Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:6927a815-cbb1-3907-f10a-e561c8cbd537 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:28:57 +0000 <p>Court expresses doubt ex-White House chief of staff was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat</p><p>A federal appeals court on Friday appeared skeptical of former Trump White House chief of staff <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mark-meadows">Mark Meadows’</a> attempt to transfer his 2020 election interference case in Georgia to federal court, expressing doubt that he was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Donald Trump’s defeat.</p><p>The court also questioned, in a particularly ominous development for Meadows, whether he was even entitled to remove his case from state to federal court given he was no longer a federal official.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/mark-meadows-georgia-election-interference-case-appeals-court">Continue reading...</a> Second chance for Mark Meadows to move racketeering case to federal court https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/mark-meadows-trump-georgia-election-case Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:c936cd86-ae75-4ec5-548a-01ee0fc1a266 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:31 +0000 <p>Appeals court to consider move that could benefit both Meadows and Trump in Georgia election-interference case</p><p>A federal appeals court is expected to consider Friday whether Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mark-meadows">Mark Meadows</a>, charged by Fulton county prosecutors over his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, should see his criminal case transferred from state to federal court.</p><p>Meadows has so far been unsuccessful in his removal efforts. The US district judge Steve Jones denied the motion in September and Meadows challenged the decision to the US court of appeals for the eleventh circuit, which scheduled oral arguments for 9am.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/mark-meadows-trump-georgia-election-case">Continue reading...</a> US teacher told student offended by Israeli flag he would ‘slit her throat’, police say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/georgia-teacher-arrested-threatening-student-israel-flag Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:b4ef9efa-d090-cc07-8155-ea80e4bd32d1 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:38:37 +0000 <p>Georgia teacher arrested after allegedly saying he would cut student’s head off after she objected to his Israeli flag</p><p>A schoolteacher in the US state of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia">Georgia</a> was arrested after allegedly threatening to behead a student who expressed taking offense over his Israeli flag, according to authorities.</p><p>Benjamin Reese’s arrest at the middle school named after the town of Warner Robins occurred on after a student approached and told him she was offended by the Israeli flag hanging in his classroom, the local news station <a href="https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/warner-robins/new-details-in-warner-robins-teacher-charged-with-terroristic-threats-and-cruelty-to-children/93-66334447-a1d9-4e3a-beb9-8cb300595d35">WMAZ</a> reported, citing a police account of the case.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/georgia-teacher-arrested-threatening-student-israel-flag">Continue reading...</a> Jury in Rudy Giuliani defamation trial urged to send message: ‘Don’t do it’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/rudy-giuliani-testimony-federal-defamation-case-atlanta-election-workers Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:4ea6dd5c-7cc1-af11-c94d-42c5ea9b1ed4 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:05:08 +0000 <p>Attorney for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss asks jury to award them each at least $24m in damages to repair their reputation</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/11/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-explained">Explainer: what’s at stake in the trial?</a></li></ul><p>A Washington DC jury should “send a message” to other powerful people by issuing substantial damages against Rudy Giuliani for spreading lies about two Georgia election workers, a lawyer for the pair said.</p><p>“The message is don’t do it,” Michael Gottlieb, a lawyer representing Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, said in his closing statement to eight jurors on the fourth day of the defamation case. “They say when someone shows you who they are, believe them. Mr Giuliani has shown us over and over and over again that he will not take our clients names out of his mouth. Facts do not and will not stop him.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/rudy-giuliani-testimony-federal-defamation-case-atlanta-election-workers">Continue reading...</a> ‘I was terrorized’: 2020 election worker testifies at Giuliani defamation trial https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-georgia-third-day Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:0051d28a-c0b6-89f4-7745-7f4d24bc9e51 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:56 +0000 <p>Ruby Freeman’s testimony is at center of trial to determine how much in damages Giuliani will have to pay to her and her daughter</p><p>Ruby Freeman sobbed on the witness stand. The former election worker said she is afraid to tell anyone her name, has been driven from her home and was terrorized with threatening phone calls and letters after Rudy Giuliani, a key Trump ally and the former New York mayor, spread lies about her in 2020.</p><p>Freeman began her testimony in federal court on Wednesday by introducing herself to the jury as “Lady Ruby”, saying the name was “special, unique and classy”. But, she says, she’s stopped using the name because she fears what would happen if someone were to recognize her. When she goes out, she wears sunglasses and a mask.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/rudy-giuliani-defamation-trial-georgia-third-day">Continue reading...</a> Suit yourself: Trump offers scraps of his indictment outfit for $4,699.53 a pop https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/donald-trump-mugshot-suit-for-sale Georgia | The Guardian urn:uuid:702e60ba-47cf-7f4c-35fa-58a86d8dfc7f Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:23:57 +0000 <p>Fans of the multiply indicted former president have the chance to own a piece of the blue suit he wore to his arrest in Georgia</p><p>Despite his claims, Donald Trump’s business career has had many more failures than successes.</p><p>His <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-05-18/trump-business-partners-outline-his-failed-deals#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTrump%20Shuttle%20Inc.%2C%20launched,regarding%20the%20company's%20business%20practices.">record of catastrophic investments</a> has never held Trump back, however, and now the one-term, twice-impeached, 91-time felony-charged former president has embarked on a new hustle: selling little cut-out pieces of a suit he wore during one of his arrests.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/13/donald-trump-mugshot-suit-for-sale">Continue reading...</a>