Rudolph Giulianiwho served as lawyer personal of donald trump, turned himself in Wednesday at a county jail Fulton, Georgia to face state criminal charges related to the attempt to reverse the electoral defeat of the former US president 2020.
Giuliani, A former federal prosecutor and mayor of New York, he was ordered to post $150,000 bail and not to intimidate any of the 18 co-defendants or witnesses in the case, according to court documents.
“This accusation is a travesty,” Giuliani said. journalists after his appearance in prison. “It is an assault on the Constitution.”
The former organized crime prosecutor played a prominent public role in the Trump campaign’s efforts to push false allegations of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
In Georgia, Giuliani was charged with making numerous false statements about voter fraud.even to officials in other states such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, in a failed attempt to convince them to approve an alternative list of voters for formal certification to Congress of the results to keep Trump in power.
The lawyer and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election.
Harsh accusations against Giuliani
According to two senior Trump administration officials, Giuliani “apparently drunk” told the then president to declare victory during the electoral count despite the uncertainty and, indeed, the emergence of the triumph of Joe Biden.
This was confirmed by Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien and the former councilor Jason Miller.
Stepien told that Trump disagreed with his opinion, as it urged prudence, and told him that “it was too early” to determine the winner of the elections.
Miller, former senior Trump campaign adviser, indicated that Giuliani was “definitely intoxicated” at the election night party at the White House, a statement agreed with by the committee’s vice chair, Liz Cheney.
Seven other co-defendants with Trump in the criminal case opened by the Fulton County prosecutor, Fani Willis, they have already turned themselves in at an Atlanta jail, according to local records.
Trump, favorite for the Republican presidential nomination to face the Democratic president Joe Biden in the 2024 elections, he is scheduled to turn himself in on Thursday to face his fourth criminal charge this year. The remaining 10 co-defendants named in the Georgia indictment have until Friday to turn themselves in.
Trump claims all four of his accusations are politically motivated.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to two sets of federal criminal charges brought by Jack Smith, a lawyer appointed by Merrick Garland, the attorney general appointed by Biden, related to efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election and his possession of classified documents after leaving office.
The former president also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case related to the payment of money prior to the 2016 election to a porn actress.
Source: Ambito
