Rudy Giuliani will have to pay more than $148 million in damages to two women, former Georgia state employees, whom he defamed by falsely accusing them of helping to rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump.

A jury hearing the case in federal court in Washington found that Giuliani owes Wandria Saye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, about $73 million for defamation and emotional harm they suffered, as well as another $75 million in punitive damages for his behavior.

A federal judge previously ruled that the former New York mayor and former Trump lawyer was guilty of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy. The only question jurors were asked to answer was how much compensation he would pay the two women.

Moss and Freeman, who are African-American, described in their depositions the barrage of sexist and racist messages they received, including lynching threats, after Trump and his allies falsely claimed the two women were involved in election fraud.

“Mr. Giuliani thought he would get away with it because he believed that Ruby and Saye were ordinary people and expendable,” commented his attorney, Michael Gottlieb. “He has no right to offer defenseless civil servants to a virtual mob with the aim of overturning the election,” he added.

Giuliani himself called the amount he is being asked to pay “absurd” and said he would appeal.