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Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 and previously served as a federal prosecutor, as well as an associate attorney general under President Reagan. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree from New York University Law School. He has been married since 2003 to Judith Nathan and was married twice before. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.

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Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 19, 2020 in remarks in a press conference:

In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”

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By Louis Jacobson, Noah Y. Kim • November 20, 2020

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:

Says there were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.”

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By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2020

Rudy Giuliani
stated on April 26, 2020 in a tweet:

"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"

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By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2020

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 19, 2018 in in an interview:

The Trump campaign "didn’t know" that Natalia Veselnitskaya "was a representative of the Russian government. ... I don't even know if they knew she was Russian at the time."

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By John Kruzel • August 20, 2018

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 6, 2018 in a tweet:

There were "63 murders this weekend" in Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s legacy is "more murders in his city than ever before."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 7, 2018

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 13, 2016 in CNN's "State of the Union":

Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."

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By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"The 'New York Times' writes this long story" about Donald Trump’s tax returns but "didn't point out there was no wrongdoing" until paragraph 18.

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By Aaron Sharockman • October 2, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."

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By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio:

"Under those eight years before (Barack) Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States" since Sept. 11, 2001.

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By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention.:

The Iran nuclear deal is "putting billions of dollars back into a country that’s the world’s largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies."

Half-True

By Dan Clark • August 5, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention”:

"Hillary Clinton is for open borders."

False

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on February 23, 2015 in an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal':

Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."

False

By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."

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By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 in an interview on 'Fox and Friends':

"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.

False

By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on March 30, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"No one" claims the report vindicating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the bridge scandal is "conclusive."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • March 30, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.

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By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010

Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 8, 2010 in an interview on 'Good Morning America':

"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."

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By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2010

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention.:

"For four days in Denver, the Democrats were afraid to use the words 'Islamic terrorism.'"

Mostly False

By Shawn Zeller • September 4, 2008

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stated on April 5, 2020 in a post:

Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.

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By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020

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stated on June 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Rudy Giuliani filed for Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment.

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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2019

John Burton
stated on August 16, 2016 in in a press release:

"While introducing Donald Trump, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani omitted the September 11, 2001, strikes as a ‘successful’ terrorist attack during the eight years before President Obama’s 2008 election."

True

By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2016

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