BUSINESS INSIDER
Rudy Giuliani was served an indictment notice during his 80th birthday party after bragging on social media that he would avoid the law officials.
The notice related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.
Giuliani was served at a party on Friday night hosted by GOP operative Caroline Wren in Palm Beach, Florida, with guests taken aback by the intrusion, reports said.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed the indictment service via social media with a tweet, “Nobody is above the law.”
The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law. https://t.co/rer9hi8cTf
— AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes (@AZAGMayes) May 18, 2024
Giuliani had tweeted, “If Arizona authorities can’t find me by tomorrow morning: 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must concede they can’t count votes.”
Mayes shared a screenshot of the former mayor of New York’s post, with Giuliani smiling and surrounded by a group of women, that had been deleted.
Prosecutors charged Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a slate of Arizona Republicans with multiple felonies in a 58-page indictment made public in April.
The indictment notice requires Giuliani to appear before a judge, marking a significant step in a case that has been developing for weeks.
Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for Mayes, indicated that tracking down Giuliani had been challenging, but the attorney general’s office remained persistent.
This indictment is part of a broader legal struggle for Giuliani and other Trump allies involved in the alleged election subversion activities. The charges outline Giuliani’s role in spreading false claims of voter fraud and urging fake GOP electors to cast votes for Trump-Pence in several contested states, including Arizona.
John Eastman, another figure implicated in the scheme, has already pleaded not guilty in Phoenix. Giuliani and other defendants will appear in court over the coming weeks.
Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 until 2001 and more recently was part of Donald Trump’s inner circle and worked as the former president’s lawyer after the 2020 election.
As a result of his attempts to prove Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged, Giuliani’s legal troubles have been mounting.
He faces multiple lawsuits and charges, including defamation claims from Dominion and Smartmatic, and significant financial penalties from previous defamation cases involving Georgia election workers.
Additionally, he remains an unindicted co-conspirator in Trump’s federal election subversion case and faces numerous charges in Georgia.
A source told the Daily Mail that guests at the party Giuliani was served the notice were “visibly angry as they shouted at the individuals that served the former mayor.”
Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Giuliani, said he was unfazed by the episode “and enjoyed an incredible evening with hundreds of people,” ABC News reported.
Giuliani, who led Trump’s legal challenge to the 2020 election outcome in Pennsylvania, had his law license suspended in both Washington, DC and New York in 2021.
Business Insider contacted Rudy Giuliani for comment.
