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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "And the response from those Giuliani called to action was swift.
52% : "Gottlieb said Freeman and Moss have experienced "what it's like to become the targets of some of the most powerful men on the planet" and that they continue to know "full-well those men are still out there, saying the same things and making the same calls to action."Dec 14, 10:50 AM EST
50% : Frank Braun and Frances Watson, both investigators with the Georgia Secretary of State at the time, explained that Freeman, Moss and their colleagues returned to State Farm Arena late on Nov. 3, 2020, after the secretary extended hours for counting ballots, to help expedite the process -- not, as Rudy Giuliani and others suggested, to rig votes.
45% : "Then, DuBose said, "Words turned into action.""Strange people" showed up at Freeman and Moss' home looking for them, DuBose said, with some attempting to "make citizens' arrests.""This case is about how Giuliani ... made their names a call to action for millions of people who did not want to believe" the results of the 2020 election, DuBose said.
43% : In his defamation case, Timmons said, "what they're really counting on is a reversal by the court of appeals holding that Mr. Giuliani's statements are 'opinions,' which aren't actionable under defamation law."Dec 14, 1:57 PM ESTJury deliberations underwayJudge Beryl Howell read from a lengthy jury instruction form that reminded jurors that their sole responsibility is to quantify the damages Rudy Giuliani will have to pay to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss for defaming them.
38% : Dec 12, 4:01 PM ESTMoss describes 'homework' from therapistShaye Moss grew so fearful for her life after threats poured in that she stopped going out in public, and only recently, she testified, did she build up the courage to leave her home alone, without security.
19% : Then-President Donald Trump invoked Ruby Freeman's name more than a dozen times in his infamous phone call to Georgia officials on Jan. 2, 2021, when Trump implored Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to win him the state.

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