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Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 and previously served as a federal prosecutor, as well as an associate attorney general under President Reagan. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree from New York University Law School. He has been married since 2003 to Judith Nathan and was married twice before. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.

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Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 19, 2020 in remarks in a press conference:

In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:

Says there were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.”

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
stated on April 26, 2020 in a tweet:

"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 19, 2018 in in an interview:

The Trump campaign "didn’t know" that Natalia Veselnitskaya "was a representative of the Russian government. ... I don't even know if they knew she was Russian at the time."

By John Kruzel • August 20, 2018
Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 6, 2018 in a tweet:

There were "63 murders this weekend" in Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s legacy is "more murders in his city than ever before."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 6, 2018

Tweets
stated on April 5, 2020 in a post:

Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.

By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020
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stated on June 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Rudy Giuliani filed for Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2019
John Burton
stated on August 16, 2016 in in a press release:

"While introducing Donald Trump, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani omitted the September 11, 2001, strikes as a ‘successful’ terrorist attack during the eight years before President Obama’s 2008 election."

By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2016

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