Giuliani played a key role in attempt to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election by promoting false claims of fraud.
United States President Donald Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and close ally who participated in efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Trump said on Monday that he would grant the country’s highest civilian honour to Giuliani, calling him a “great patriot” in a post on his social media website, Truth Social.
“As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country’s highest civilian honor,” Trump wrote.
Giuliani rose to prominence in US politics for leading New York City during the September 11, 2001, attacks and their aftermath. He later became a lawyer for Trump, taking part in an effort to keep him in office, despite his loss in the 2020 election, by spreading Trump’s false claims of significant fraud.
