WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday (Sep 1) he’ll award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, two days after Giuliani was injured in a automotive crash.
The medal is the best US civilian honor, awarded to those that have made “exemplary contributions” to nationwide prosperity, values, safety or world peace.
Trump described Giuliani as “the best Mayor within the historical past of New York Metropolis, and an equally nice American Patriot” in a Fact Social put up asserting the respect. “Particulars as to time and place to observe,” he stated.
Giuliani, who served as mayor from 1994 to 2001, earned the nickname “America’s Mayor” for his management after the Sept 11, 2001, assaults. Extra just lately, he labored as Trump’s lawyer in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In 2023, Giuliani admitted in court docket to creating defamatory statements about Georgia election employees he falsely accused of attempting to steal the vote for Democrat Joe Biden. A federal decide discovered him in contempt of court docket earlier this 12 months for failing to reveal belongings that could possibly be used to pay damages.
Giuliani was hospitalized on Saturday night time after a rental automotive he was touring in was rear-ended at excessive pace in New Hampshire, fracturing a vertebra and inflicting cuts. His spokesperson Michael Ragusa stated he was “in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” and added that the crash “was not a focused assault.”
