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Rudy Giuliani concedes he made 'false' statements about Georgia election workers (www.nbcnews.com)

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The Trump ally's acknowledgment came in a filing Tuesday related to the 2020 election workers' lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.

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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If they find him guilty why couldn't that be used in future cases? I don't see the functional difference between pleading "innocent" and being found guilty versus "no contest" with the same outcome.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They aren't finding him guilty. If you offer no contest, there is no trial.

The ~~prosecution~~ plantiffs COULD reject the no contest bid and pursue the trial anyway. Which is why I said earlier you should think of this as a plea bargain of sorts.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Forgive my ignorance but even without a jury trial there must be some verdict handed down from the judge, no?

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Nope. That's what it means for a no contest bid to be accepted. It means a sentence/award without a verdict.