President Donald Trump’s lawyer, and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is said to have been admitted to the hospital after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
According to the report ABC News, Trump’s lawyer who is 76-year-old was admitted to Georgetown Hospital in Washington on Sunday. It is unclear when exactly Giuliani tested positive or the details of his condition, the report added.
Late Sunday, Rudy Giuliani himself confirmed this on Sunday on his official Twitter handle. He posted on Twitter saying he was “feeling good.”
“Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes. I’m getting great care and feeling good.
Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 7, 2020
President Donald Trump tweeted the news earlier Sunday and wished Giuliani a speedy recovery.
“.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” the president tweeted Sunday, repeating baseless claims of election fraud,” he said.
Rudy Giuliani continues to lead Trump’s legal challenges in an attempt to block Joe Biden’s victory, despite mounting losses in court. Attorney General William Barr even told the Associated Press that the Justice Department uncovered no widespread fraud.
ABC News also reported that Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was at the Georgia state capitol, where he asked lawmakers to overturn the state’s election results and select their own electors. Video shows Giuliani entering the capitol without a mask and high-fiving a supporter.
On Wednesday, he appeared at a four-hour Michigan legislative hearing to argue that fraud had occurred.
The diagnosis comes more than two months after Trump himself was stricken with the virus in early October. Since then, a flurry of administration officials and others in Trump’s orbit have also been sickened, including White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development.
Last month, Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, a special assistant to Trump, said he tested positive for coronavirus.