NY ex-mayor Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is in a critical condition in hospital, with his spokesman asking people to pray for the 81-year-old.
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in “critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson says.
Spokesman Ted Goodman provided not further more details about 81-year-old Giuliani’s condition or how long he has been hospitalised.
“Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same strength now,” he said on Sunday (US time).
“We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”
Giuliani hosted his online show, America’s Mayor Live, from Florida on Friday night.
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“My voice is a little under the weather, so I won’t be able to speak as loudly as I usually do, but I’ll get closer to the microphone,” he said as he opened the show with a cough and a raspy voice.
Giuliani was elected New York’s mayor in 1993 after serving as one of the US’s highest-profile prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders.
He garnered acclaim for his response to the September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacks on New York City, earning the nickname “America’s Mayor”.
He was also a lawyer for US President Donald Trump in his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, an effort that led to criminal charges against Giuliani in two American states and a defamation lawsuit from election workers.
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Giuliani denied wrongdoing in the criminal cases. But he was disbarred from practising law in Washington, DC, and New York.
Two former election workers won a $US148 million ($A205 million) defamation judgment against him. Guiliani ultimately struck a deal that let him keep his homes and various belongings in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to stop speaking ill of the ex-election workers.
Trump pardoned him in 2025.
Trump posted his support to Giuliani on Sunday.
“Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalised, and is in critical condition,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL — AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Giuliani ran for the US Senate in 2000 but abandoned his race against Hillary Clinton after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He was previously hospitalised in 2025 after suffering a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash.
-with AAP
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