Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is not keeping silent…
On Monday, after he was processed by Arizona authorities Giuliani said he was “very, very proud” of his actions in the state following the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani, who also served as Donald Trump‘s personal attorney, was indicted in Arizona in connection with a fake electors scheme in which pro-Trump electors attested to the former president’s victory in the state.
See the mugshot below:
“You are now looking at the latest mugshot of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani,” Kaitlan Collins said on Monday’s edition of “The Source” on CNN as his mugshot appeared on screen. “He wasn’t processed by Arizona authorities until today. That’s why you’re seeing this photo now. And here’s what he said after he posted the $10,000 and bond.” (RELATED: Arizona Prosecutors Say They’ve Spent ‘Weeks’ Trying To Serve Giuliani Indictment)
Collins then aired a clip of a KPNX Phoenix reporter catching up with Giuliani emerging from the police station where he had just been processed. However, instead of keeping his head down Giuliani directly addressed reporters.
REPORTER: Do you have any regrets about what you did in Arizona after the election?
GIULIANI: Oh my goodness, no.
REPORTER: Why not?
GIULIANI: I’m very, very proud of it. There was a substantial amount of vote fraud that went on here that was covered up. Probably one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
In a statement to Mediaite, a representative for Giuliani alleged the justice system is being “weaponized” against the former mayor and other Trump allies to influence the 2024 presidential election.
“This is yet another example of partisan actors weaponizing the criminal justice system to interfere with the 2024 presidential election through outlandish charges against President Trump and anyone willing to take on the permanent Washington political class,” Ted Goodman said. “Joe Biden and his allies continue to eviscerate the trust and integrity of our criminal justice system in their quest to take down President Trump and hold on to power. Mayor Rudy Giuliani—the most effective federal prosecutor in U.S. history—will be fully vindicated.”
Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges.
In April, Arizona State Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) announced the indictment of prominent Trump aides and allies in Arizona for their alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
The indictees include Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and Republican political strategist and attorney Boris Epshteyn. Attorneys John Eastman, the architect of the fake electors plot, and Jenna Ellis, who already pleaded guilty in Georgia, were also charged. The slate of 11 fake electors include Kelli Ward, former Arizona Republican Party chair.
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