Washington: US President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.
The President confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet, US time, that the former New York mayor had tested positive. Giuliani has travelled extensively to battleground states in recent weeks in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss.
Trump wished Giuliani a speedy recovery.
“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Trump wrote in his tweet.
Giuliani, 76, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former New York mayor has been spearheading Trump’s floundering effort to overturn his November 3 election loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden through a flurry of lawsuits.
Rudy Giuliani has been working hard to help subvert the election for outgoing US President Donald Trump.Credit:AP
That work has taken Giuliani to various US states like Michigan and Arizona where he has been urging state lawmakers to stop certification of Biden’s win.
Giuliani made an appearance earlier on Sunday, local time, on Fox News to speak about his legal challenges in several states on behalf of Trump.
Trump and many of his close associates have balked at public health officials’ advice to wear masks and avoid crowds to stem transmission of the respiratory illness, which has roared to record levels in the United States as winter approaches.
Giuliani, who developed an international profile as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership after the September 11, 2001, attacks, has faced mounting legal troubles during the Trump administration.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have been investigating Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine, and two associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, have been charged with campaign finance violations.
Giuliani has not been criminally charged and has denied wrongdoing. Parnas and Fruman have pleaded not guilty.
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