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  • August 23, 2023
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is indicted along with former US President Donald Trump for attempting to rig Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results, it was

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is indicted along with former US President Donald Trump for attempting to rig Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results, it was delivered this Wednesday to the authorities of that state.

Before surrendering, Giuliani’s lawyers held a meeting at the Fulton District Attorney’s office (Georgia), Fanny Willis, to discuss the terms of the bail.

After this meeting, Giuliani went to the Fulton County Jail (Georgia) to be fingerprinted, photographed the court record and pay a fee. pledge 150 thousand dollars, which his lawyers agreed with the prosecutor’s office.

As part of this agreement, similar to those reached by other defendants in this case, the former personal lawyer Donald Trump He agreed to follow a number of rules, such as not discussing the case with other defendants or witnesses, except through lawyers.

The arrival of 79-year-old Guliani in Georgia caused great expectations in the media. Arrived at the airport Atlanta in a private jet and its landing was broadcast live on the network CNN.

Earlier, leaving the apartment where he lives in New York, Giuliani briefly spoke to the press and repeated that both he and Trump are innocentwhile claiming without evidence that the American “enemies of the republic” are trying to destroy the rights of all.

Giuliani’s handover to Georgia authorities comes after two more of the 19 defendants also reported to Fulton jail this week. Trump plans to do so this Thursday.

All defendants are accused of participating in a conspiracy to change the outcome of the case. 2020 election in Georgia, using methods ranging from lobbying certifying officials to trying to steal voter data in a rural county in the state.

In particular, Giuliani is accused of being part of a plan to 16 Republicans Georgia will act as that state’s appointees when the President of the United States is elected in the Electoral College.

IN USAThe president is not elected by popular vote, but by an indirect system, so that when citizens go to the polls, they actually choose delegates from Electoral college who represent them in the final vote.

According to the indictment, Giuliani allegedly tried to get these 16 Republicans to become Georgia’s electorate in the Electoral College by trying to cancel the election in favor of Trumpdespite Biden winning that state by a narrow margin.

Giuliani was one of the most visible faces in Trump’s attempts annul the election results throughout the country.

One of the moments that best characterizes this role was the press conference he gave exposing the alleged fraud four days after the election, in which streaks of brown sweat could be seen running down his forehead, which the public attributed to it. some product that the New Yorker tried to hide his gray hair with.

This press conference took place on the outskirts of Philadelphia, next to a crematorium and sex shop, and in front of a small landscaping business called Four Seasons Total Landscaping, which his team mistook for the Four Seasons luxury hotel chain.

Giuliani’s public image has deteriorated sharply in recent years: about two decades ago, he was known by the honorary title of “mayor of the year” for his stoic leadership of New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Giuliani, who was Mayor of New York between 1994 and 2001 he was made an Honorary Knight of Her Majesty by Queen Elizabeth II of England, and Time magazine named him “Person of the Year” in 2001.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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