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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, along with 17 other defendants, has been indicted in Arizona’s phoney elector case for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s defeat to President Biden in the 2020 election, according to the state’s attorney general.
Late on Friday, Arizona’s Attorney General Kris Mayes shared the information on the Trump-aligned attorney on her X account.
According to Richie Taylor, an attorney general spokeswoman, Giuliani faces the same allegations as the other defendants, including conspiracy, fraud, and forgery.
Giuliani’s spokesperson, Ted Goodman, verified that he was served Friday night as he walked to his car following his 80th birthday celebration.
“The mayor was served after the party and as he was walking to his car,” Goodman told CBS News in a statement Saturday night.
He remained unfazed:
This suggests that despite any external pressures or challenges, the person in question remained calm and composed.
Had an incredible evening with hundreds of people from all walks of life:
This indicates that despite the circumstances, the person had a positive experience, spending time with a large and diverse group of individuals.
Who love and respect him for his contributions to society:
The people in attendance at this event admire and hold the person in high regard due to their positive impact on society through their contributions.
We hope to receive complete vindication shortly:
This part expresses the collective hope or expectation that any doubts or criticisms directed towards the person will soon be resolved or proven to be unfounded, leading to their complete exoneration or validation.
According to Goodman, former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and longtime Trump supporter Roger Stone attended the gathering as well.
The indictment claims Giuliani “pressured” Arizona legislators and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to affect the outcome of Arizona’s election, and that he was responsible for urging Republican electors in Arizona and six other contentious states to vote for Trump.
According to Taylor, the indictment will be made public on Monday without any redactions. He stated that unless the judge grants Giuliani a postponement, he is anticipated to appear in court on Tuesday.
Others indicted in the case include Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff.
Meadows and Giuliani were not named in the previously published redacted grand jury indictment because they were not served with it, but they were easily identified based on the document’s descriptions. Meadows was served on Wednesday, and the Arizona attorney general’s office verified that he was charged with the same offences as the other identified defendants, including conspiracy, fraud, and forgery.
With the indictments, Arizona becomes the fourth state where former president’s aides have been charged with making false or unfounded accusations about electoral fraud.
Giuliani is facing additional legal actions, and a bankruptcy judge stated this week that he was “disturbed” by the status of the case and missed deadlines to file financial disclosure reports. Giuliani declared bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million to two former election workers who circulated a fake conspiracy theory about their role in the 2020 election.
Giuliani was also indicted by a grand jury in Georgia last year, accused of leading Trump’s efforts to coerce state lawmakers to violate voter will and fraudulently appoint pro-Trump electoral college electors.
Among the defendants:
This suggests that there are multiple individuals facing legal action or charges.
Are 11 Arizona Republicans:
This specifies that among the defendants, 11 individuals are affiliated with the Republican Party and are from the state of Arizona.
Including a former state GOP chair:
This indicates that one of the defendants holds or held the position of chairperson within the Republican Party at the state level in Arizona.
A 2022 U.S.:
This part seems incomplete. It could be that the individual mentioned here ran as a candidate for the U.S. Congress in 2022 or held some other significant position related to the U.S. government in that year.
Senate candidate, and two sitting state senators, who sent a paper to Congress falsely claiming that Trump won Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. Mike Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day operations, and four solicitors accused of organising a plot to use forged documents to persuade Congress not to acknowledge Biden’s victory: John Eastman, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn, and Jenna Ellis, are also on trial.
Trump was not charged, but was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator.
On December 14, 2020, the 11 Republican electors nominated in Arizona gathered in Phoenix to sign a document claiming to be “duly elected and qualified” electors and that Trump carried the state. The Arizona Republican Party broadcast a one-minute video of the signing ceremony on social media at the time. The document was then forwarded to Congress and the National Archives, where it was ignored.
Biden received more than 10,000 votes in Arizona.
Eastman, who designed a scheme to urge Congress not to recognise the election, became the first person accused in Arizona’s false elector case on Friday. He entered a not guilty plea to the accusations of fraud, conspiracy, and forgery.
Outside the courthouse, Eastman issued a brief statement, claiming that the allegations against him should never have been filed.
“I had no contact with Arizona voters and no engagement in any election disputes or legislative proceedings. And I am convinced that if the laws are followed correctly, I will be entirely exonerated at the end of this process,” Eastman stated. He refused to comment further.
Twelve more defendants in the case, nine of whom are Republicans and who allegedly provided a letter to Congress claiming that Trump had won Arizona, will be arraigned on May 21.
According to the Arizona indictment, Eastman encouraged GOP electors to vote in December 2020, unsuccessfully lobbied state lawmakers to change the election’s outcome in Arizona, and told then-Vice President Mike Pence: Refers to the Vice President of the United States at the time, Mike Pence.
that he could reject Democratic electors: Indicates that there was advice or information given to Pence suggesting that he had the power to refuse to accept electoral votes from Democratic Party electors.
On January 6, 2021, when the congressional electoral vote is tallied:
Specifies the context of the advice, which was during the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021, where the electoral votes from the states were being formally counted and certified.
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