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WABC Radio CEO Defends Decision To Drop Rudy Giuliani From Airwaves
Donald Trump's former lawyer violated directives not to traffic in stolen election claims, the CEO said.
In a lengthy statement on what happened, John Catsimatidis, the owner of the station and a Republican donor, said, “Rudy has publicly accused me of suppressing his free speech, calling my decision ‘unconstitutional’ and a violation of the First Amendment. In December, a jury awarded two Georgia election workers $148 million in their defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, who had falsely claimed that they were involved in efforts to rig the state’s results in 2020. Catsimatidis said that on Thursday, management was made aware of a Bloomberg News report that Giuliani has continued to make the claims about the election workers, leading to additional filings in their lawsuit.
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