as supposed bona fide proof of rampant voter fraud. Using surveillance video that he suggested showed them planting thousands of ballots, Giuliani said in a Fox News segment that it “proves everything we’ve been saying, everything the president has been saying.” He said the women were engaged in “surreptitious illegal activity” and were acting like drug dealers “passing out dope.” At a hearing, he called them “crooks” who “obviously” stole votes.
His team is emphasizing that this is merely a legal tactic. In another filing, his lawyer Joseph D. Sibley IV says Giuliani “does not admit to Plaintiffs’ allegations” but that he is conceding the argument so the case can move forward. Giuliani’s team has indicated that, rather than defending the content of the statements, it could instead argue that they were First Amendment-protected speech and/or that Freeman and Moss might not have actually suffered damages.
In her own court filing in early 2022, Sidney Powell conceded of her wild claims of rampant voter fraud in Michigan that “.” She claimed she was merely acting as an advocate and that critics calling her claims “wild accusations” and “outlandish” reinforced that they were not to be taken at face value.