President Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others over 2020 election claims
President Donald Trump has pardoned former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and dozens of others in a sweeping clemency package related to 2020 election claims.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized and in “serious but stable condition,” his spokesperson announced on Sunday, May 3.
“Mayor Giuliani is a warrior who faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and continues to fight with that same strength,” Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Mayor Giuliani, told USA TODAY in a statement.
USA TODAY followed up with Goodman about his hospitalization, but it was unclear which hospital Giuliani was taken to.
Giuliani was one of the lawyers involved in President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Those efforts led to criminal charges against Mr. Giuliani in two states and a defamation lawsuit from election officials in Georgia.
Mr. Giuliani has denied any wrongdoing in the criminal case.
Election officials Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss sued Giuliani for falsely claiming the two had stuffed ballot boxes during the 2020 election and won a $148 million judgment in 2023. The women settled with Giuliani in 2025.
In a social media post, President Trump said of his former personal lawyer, “He was treated badly by the radical left lunatics and Democrats, but he was right about everything!” The president pardoned Giuliani in November for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Before joining Trump in the White House, Giuliani won praise for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, earning him the nickname “America’s Mayor.”
Contributed by: Reuters
