By The opinion
May 19, 2024, 01:03 AM EDT
Rudy Giuliani was notified Friday night of his indictment related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona after his 80th birthday party and after boasting on social media that he had avoided being notified because he couldn’t be found.
“The last accused was handed over a few moments ago. @RudyGiuliani, no one is above the law,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes published in X, responding directly to a post by Giuliani on Friday night mocking Mayes with a photo from her 80th birthday party for failing to deliver her indictment.
Giuliani, in a since-deleted tweet, wrote: “If Arizona authorities cannot find me tomorrow morning: 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must admit that they cannot count the votes.”
Mayes shared a screenshot of the post even after it was deleted.
Giuliani received the accusation after his birthday party, hosted in Palm Beach, Florida, by Republican consultant Caroline Wren, ended and while he was walking to a car, according to his spokesman Ted Goodman.
“He was unfazed and enjoyed an incredible evening with hundreds of people, from all walks of life, who love and respect him for his contributions to society. We expect full vindication soon,” Goodman said.
Arizona prosecutors had been trying to track down Trump’s former lawyer since his accusation of interference in the 2020 elections revealed in late Aprilin which Giuliani is implicated along with 17 other Trump allies, including former White House chief of staff John Eastman and lawyer Boris Epshteyn.
The indictment, which also names former President Donald Trump as an unindicted accomplice, includes felony counts of conspiracy, fraud and forgery to interfere with the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.
The accusation of interfering in the results of the Arizona election is the latest in a litany of legal problems for Giuliani, including an indictment in Georgia on several felonies for what Georgia prosecutors say was an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Giuliani was also ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two Georgia election workers in a defamation case, leading him to file for bankruptcy in December 2023.
Giuliani is expected to appear in court in the Arizona case on Tuesday.
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