The enormous $148 million defamation verdict handed down by a jury against Rudy Giuliani is a warning shot that should have failed former president Donald Trump “very nervous,” according to former prosecutor David Henderson.
Henderson spoke with MSNBC guest host Charles Coleman Jr., noting that the verdict wasn’t just a win, it was “one of the biggest wins I’ve ever heard of.”
The verdict, Henderson explained, it a preview of what Trump and his co-defendants can expect when they’re put on trial for racketeering in Georgia in connection for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.
“That is an epic victory. The only thing you have to acknowledge, and this goes to your point about nationalism, it does not make up for what these two women went through. Rudy Giuliani is in such a downward spiral, they’re not likely to see a dime of that money.”
And then there’s the disgraced ex-president.
“The real issue here is you’ve got a preview from the way that the jury down in Georgia is going to receive them. Giuliani, former president Trump, and anyone in their circle should be very nervous about this outcome.”
The penalty for racketeering in Georgia is imprisonment of between five and 20 years, which is a much bigger threat to Trump than a monetary reward that he could appeal for decades.
