Rudy Giuliani is about to get the bill for his malicious lies

Jury deliberation began Thursday in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial. The jury could return as soon as Friday with a decision on how much Giuliani will have to pay out to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss for his repeated false accusations of election fraud.

Giuliani had stated that he would testify in the case while repeating his false claims in an appearance outside the courthouse on Monday. “When I testify, the whole story will be definitively clear that what I said was true,” Giuliani told reporters, ”and that, whatever happened to them—which is unfortunate about other people overreacting—everything I said about them is true.”

But Giuliani did not appear to testify on Thursday. In the end, the only defense mounted by Giuliani’s attorney was an attempt to claim that other right-wing sources had contributed to the threats leveled at Freeman and Moss. That attorney was left begging the jury. “If you award them what they are asking for, it will be the end of Mr. Giuliani.”