Guiliani hits Smartmatic with free speech law suit
Rudy Guiliani filed a counter suit against Smartmatic to pay his legal fees in a $12.7 billion lawsuit the company brought against him for false claims over the rigging of the 2020 presidential election. Guiliani claims the Smartmatic litigation blocks his right to speak out on matters of public interest. (U.S.News & World Report, June 14, 2022, by Jonathan Stempel of Reuters) Giuliani argues since a New York state judge dismissed some of Smartmatic’s claims