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
in
the
legitimate
outcome
of
the
2020
presidential
election
in
Georgia.
Giuliani,
a
former
top
federal
prosecutor
and
mayor
of
New
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
have
every
confidence
in
him.
What
they
are
doing
to
him
is
an
assault
on
the
American
Constitution
and
I
said
American
citizens,”
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
have
been
from
the
first
moment
I
represented
Donald
Trump,”
he
said.
“Now
whether
you
like
or
dislike
Donald
Trump,
I’m
going
to
give
you
a
warning.
They’re
going
to
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,
along
with
17
other
defendants,
were
charged
last
week
in
the
election
conspiracy
indictment
issued
by
a
Fulton
County
grand
jury.
Giuliani
is
charged
with
13
criminal
counts.
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