Rudolph (Rudy) Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani acted as Trump’s personal lawyer in the leadup to and aftermath of the 2020 election. Giuliani embraced and promoted wild conspiracy theories after Biden won the election and worked closely with Trump and with the architects of the fake elector scheme in efforts to keep Trump in power. Giuliani served as mayor of New York City from 1994–2001, and in correspondence related to the fake elector scheme, others call him “the Mayor,” apparently as a sign of respect. Troupis and Chesebro, architects of the fake elector scheme, brought the scheme to Giuliani and viewed him as their conduit to Trump. Chesebro invoked Giuliani’s name and relied on Giuliani for support in recruiting other states to participate in the scheme. Giuliani personally authorized Troupis and Chesebro and their co-counsel to file a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking review of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision affirming Biden’s victory.

In August 2023, Giuliani was indicted alongside Trump on charges of criminal conspiracy to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia. Giuliani has never admitted that Biden won the 2020 election, and he has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Georgia. In June of 2021, Giuliani’s New York license to practice law was temporary suspended pending further disciplinary proceedings related to his embrace of falsehoods and violation of ethical rules while representing Trump, and in July 2024 he was disbarred from the practice of law in New York.