Rudy Giuliani, who served as former U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2023.
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office | via Reuters
Rudy Giuliani surrendered Wednesday to face criminal charges he conspired with former President Donald Trump and others to interfere within the legitimate end result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Giuliani, a former top federal prosecutor and mayor of Recent York City, walked into an Atlanta jail to be booked shortly after his release bond was set at $150,000.
Afterward, he told reporters, “I talked to the President [Trump] today. I wish him well.”
“I even have every confidence in him. What they’re doing to him is an assault on the American Structure and I said Americans,” Giuliani said.
Earlier, when he left his apartment in Manhattan to fly to Atlanta, Giuliani defended his actions on behalf of Trump.
“I’m fighting for justice. I even have been from the primary moment I represented Donald Trump,” he said.
“Now whether you want or dislike Donald Trump, I’m going to provide you a warning. They will come for you,” he added.
Giuliani, for weeks after the 2020 election, falsely claimed there had been widespread ballot fraud that led to the election of President Joe Biden and pushed officials in Georgia and other states to effectively reverse Trump’s electoral defeat on those grounds.
Trump and Giuliani, together with 17 other defendants, were charged last week within the election conspiracy indictment issued by a Fulton County grand jury. Giuliani is charged with 13 criminal counts.
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