Rudy Giuliani gets indictment papers at birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Democratic Lawyer Normal Kris Mayes on Friday introduced that Rudy Giuliani had been served with the discover of his indictment in reference to an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election leads to Arizona.

The announcement got here lower than two hours after a social media publish from Giuliani taunted Mayes for failing to ship his indictment. The discover was served to Giuliani throughout a celebration in Palm Seaside, Florida, for his eightieth birthday.

In a now-deleted publish on X, Giuliani taunted Arizona authorities. “If Arizona authorities can’t discover me by tomorrow morning; 1. They need to dismiss the indictment; 2. They need to concede they’ll’t depend votes,” Giuliani posted Friday night time. Accompanying the message was a photograph of Giuliani smiling with six others and balloons organized behind them.

An hour and 14 minutes later, Mayes responded to Giuliani’s publish, writing, “The ultimate defendant was served moments in the past. @RudyGiuliani, no one is above the legislation.”

Giuliani, 79, turns 80 on Could 28 and was having fun with an early birthday celebration in Palm Seaside on the night time he was served, in accordance with social media exercise. By the top of the night time, “Pleased Birthday to You” wasn’t the one music the previous New York Metropolis mayor needed to face.

The get together was hosted by Caroline Wren, an adviser to Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake.

Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, stated Wren was unperturbed by the birthday bash bust-up. “The mayor was unfazed by the choice to attempt to embarrass him throughout his eightieth celebration. He loved an unbelievable night with a whole bunch of people that love him — from all walks of life — and we stay up for full vindication quickly,” Goodman stated in an announcement to NBC Information.

Others indicted within the “pretend electors” case are additional alongside of their authorized proceedings. On Friday morning, former Trump lawyer John Eastman pleaded not responsible to costs associated to an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election leads to Arizona. Eleven different defendants are slated to be arraigned on Tuesday.

The Arizona “pretend electors” scheme isn’t the one controversy Giuliani has confronted within the wake of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In December 2023, Giuliani was hit with a $148 million verdict for defaming two Georgia election employees.