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WASHINGTON — Opening statements began Monday in a trial to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two former Georgia election workers after he was found liable for defaming them with baseless claims that they committed fraud in the 2020 election. Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, sued Giuliani over the bogus claims, which they say upended their lives. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and former federal prosecutor, was found to have defamed the two women, including by falsely claiming they were handing around what he alleged were USB drives "like they were vials...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 NEW: After "accidentally" forgetting to add the proposed gag order in motion last week, Jack Smith filed it yesterday. This is the furthest thing from a "narrow" order. It is another contempt trap not just for Trump but those around him including campaign spokesmen. Trump's only allowable response would be "no comment" or "I am not guilty."

Photos: Two hanged in Iran capital for killing senior judge Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 - Authorities hanged two men in public in Tehran on Thursday for killing a senior judge in 2005. The executions took place outside the judiciary headquarters in front of a large crowd as well as Iran's chief of police Brig. Gen. Ismaeil Ahmadi-Moqqaddam and Tehran's chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. Majid Kavousifar and Hossein Kavousifar had been convicted of killing Hassan Moqqaddas in his car in 2005. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 [IRAN] There were reports of executions after unfair trials. Exiles and...