Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani positive for COVID-19 after wave of lawmaker lobbying

By Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis speaks as Trump campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn whispers to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, during a news conference about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19, Trump said on Sunday, after a wave of travel by the former New York mayor seeking to persuade Republican state lawmakers to overturn the election results.

 

The 76-year-old Giuliani is the latest in a long string of people close to the White House, including Trump himself, sickened in a pandemic that has killed more than 280,000 Americans.

 

"@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus," Trump said, using a term for COVID-19 that has drawn backlash.

 

Giuliani did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

He has been spearheading Trump's floundering effort to overturn his Nov. 3 election loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden through a flurry of lawsuits. Both Trump and Giuliani have repeatedly claimed, contrary to evidence, that the outcome was marred by widespread fraud.

 

State and federal officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence of fraud on any significant scale.

 

Giuliani visited Georgia on Thursday, where he urged state lawmakers to stop certification of Biden's win after making similar pleas in Michigan on Wednesday and Arizona on Monday.

 

Trump and many of his close associates have balked at public health officials' advice to wear masks and avoid crowds to stem transmission of the respiratory illness, which has roared to record levels in the United States as winter approaches.

 

Giuliani, who developed an international profile as "America's Mayor" for his leadership after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has faced mounting legal troubles during the Trump administration.

 

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have been investigating Giuliani's business dealings in Ukraine, and two associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, have been charged with campaign finance violations.

 

Giuliani has not been criminally charged and has denied wrongdoing. Parnas and Fruman have pleaded not guilty.

 

(Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Karen Freifeld; Editing by Mary Milliken, Daniel Wallis and Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-07

 

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I guess Grecian Formula doesn't protect you from the Corona Virus....

Send in the clowns! Make America Sick Again! Has anyone, in your lifetime, seen a more dysfunctional administration than the Trump show!

Edited December 6, 20205 yr by PatOngo

Yesterday Trump rally in Georgia, one of the worst hit with the Covid virus, thousands of people there to see Trump not a face mask in place, in a country where 2 people die every minute from the Corona virus and where nearly 280,000 people lost their lives already...

Surprised covid found any cells to infect ????

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/04/melissa-carone-rudy-giuliani-witness-michigan-ebof-vpx.cnn

 

Another reason why this lady should have been wearing a mask at the Michigan hearing... 

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

Information via a trump tweet?pardon me if I wait till it’s verified by a credible source if found to be true I hope the old duffer survives now who’s going to represent poor Donald?

11 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

 

Good thinking! He has failed with all his legal cases trying to steal the election for trump.

7 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

Good thinking! He has failed with all his legal cases trying to steal the election for trump.

It's entertaining watching grown men make total fools of themselves!

34 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

Ah, he's only one of a million people to be infected in the past five days, safer to live in Cambodia than USA!

Remember:

    It is what is is

and 

    It will go away

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Send in the clowns! Make America Sick Again! Has anyone, in your lifetime, seen a more dysfunctional administration than the Trump show!

And don't forget: More than 70,000,000 Americans wanted 4 year more of the same.

And a big part of them still think Trump won.

What a strange country with lots of <it would be deleted> people.

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And don't forget: More than 70,000,000 Americans wanted 4 year more of the same.

And a big part of them still think Trump won.

What a strange country with lots of <it would be deleted> people.

America is looking more third world than  ..................the third world! ???? Almost hard to believe 70 million people can be so mislead, but then again, when you see the quality of the Trump base, maybe not so hard to believe!

Troll post and reply reported and removed.

 

1 hour ago, Tie Dye Samurai said:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/04/melissa-carone-rudy-giuliani-witness-michigan-ebof-vpx.cnn

 

Another reason why this lady should have been wearing a mask at the Michigan hearing... 

That is a great video to watch.  Especially Trump's supporters.  Hopefully, they can see how stupid these people are.  Stunning.  They should not have been able to waste taxpayers money with all this BS.

Will it be the two day virus infection that Trump had,or

the real Covid 19 virus, a self inflicted infection because

you would not wear a mask..

regards Worgeordie

Couldn't have happened to a sweeter guy!  Thoughts and prayers!

15 minutes ago, tominbkk said:

Couldn't have happened to a sweeter guy!  Thoughts and prayers!

A hero who fought terrorism, crime and corruption. A fine man, actually the finest ever. Maybe the greatest ever ever. 

Edited December 7, 20205 yr by Tagged

3 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

So do I, for the courtroom comedy.

Super shyster.  Super spreader.

4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

Yes. Let's Make Rudy Great Again. MRGA

52 minutes ago, Tagged said:

A hero who fought terrorism, crime and corruption. A fine man, actually the finest ever. Maybe the greatest ever ever. 

His greatest fight was to completely undermine US democracy. Luckily, in that he seems to be failing miserably.

Is this Trump’s way of letting Rudy go? You just can trust this administration anymore especially when the announcement came from Trump. What about his other lawyers and star witnesses that travel with him for his dog and pony show. Are they infected? What about other contacts. Deceitful administration that is difficult to know if they are lying and covering up. 

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Yesterday Trump rally in Georgia, one of the worst hit with the Covid virus, thousands of people there to see Trump not a face mask in place, in a country where 2 people die every minute from the Corona virus and where nearly 280,000 people lost their lives already...

The only fix for stupid is Darwin's principles.

4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

Second that, his entertainment value is off the charts!

Here's from one of his 'investigations' in AZ:

 

Legislature closed this week after Giuliani exposes many legislators to COVID-19

PHOENIX — Arizona's House of Representatives will be closed for a week after President Trump's personal attorney may have exposed a score of legislators to COVID-19 during a visit last week.

 

Rudy Giuliani, the face of the administration's attacks on the election's security, was diagnosed with CVOID-19 earlier Sunday, according to a tweet from President Trump.

 

https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/legislature-closed/75-004d133a-598f-401b-99d8-57054ee8f7c7

5 hours ago, webfact said:

and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA,

 

It just keeps coming and coming and coming. It's relentless. More and more and more every day. Bangkok belly at its worst.

5 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Poor guy. Get well soon Mayor Rudy. We need you.

We need you....as in....like a hole in the head?

3 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Hopefully, they can see how stupid these people are. 

Ain't never going to happen.....it is like they have all had a virtual frontal lobotomy.....even though it is virtual the effects are the same.....weird.