WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media during a White House Sports and Fitness Day at the South Lawn of the White House May 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump hosted the event to encourage children to participate in sports and make youth sports more accessible to economically disadvantaged students. (Photo: Getty)
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, has tested positive for COVID-19, Trump announced on Twitter late Sunday afternoon.
“@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!!!” Trump wrote.
Giuliani has been repeatedly exposed to the virus including to Trump while the president prepared for the first debate against President-elect Joe Biden earlier this September.
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Giuliani, however, is known not to have contracted the virus until now.
It was neither specified whether Giuliani, 76, who is in the high-risk demographic was symptomatic nor why Trump was the one announcing the news.
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