Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025, emphasising the importance of backing the NCRI’s democratic movement.
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- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was admitted to hospital in critical condition.
- His spokesperson asked for prayers without providing details of Giuliani’s condition.
- Giuliani was ordered to pay $148 million to two election workers after his campaign to support false 2020 election claims.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in “critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson said on Sunday.
The spokesperson, Ted Goodman, did not immediately provide more details about 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,” Goodman said in a statement.
“We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”
Giuliani, 81, garnered acclaim for his response to the 11 September 2001 al-Qaeda attack on New York City, earning the nickname “America’s Mayor”.
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Giuliani worked as an attorney 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 US states and a defamation lawsuit from election workers.
Giuliani has denied wrongdoing in the criminal cases.
Mayor @RudyGiuliani devoted his life to this city, from his days as a federal prosecutor to leading New York through 9/11. He was there when we needed him most.
I’m praying for Rudy and his family and hoping for a full recovery.
We shared a cigar in Florida not too long ago.… https://t.co/JNGJUT1LoN
— Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) May 4, 2026
AFP reported that earlier in his career, Giuliani gained fame as the fearless Mafia-busting prosecutor whose aggressive use of racketeering laws brought down New York’s organised crime families.
But Giuliani experienced a stunning fall from grace in recent years, including in 2023 when a federal jury ordered him to pay $148 million to two election workers after defaming them by falsely tying them to alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani, a Republican, joined Trump’s personal legal team in his first White House term.
He came under scrutiny by the Manhattan US Attorney’s office in 2019 over his activities connected with investigations about Ukraine and apparent efforts to dig up dirt on Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Giuliani was also part of the effort to reverse his client’s clear election loss to Biden in 2020.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition. Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak.
We do ask that you…
— Ted Goodman (@TedCGoodman) May 3, 2026
But one by one, the post-election court challenges were withdrawn or dismissed as groundless.
He has since been disbarred in New York and Washington.
Giuliani was facing criminal charges in Arizona related to the 2020 election and other legal issues when Trump issued him a sweeping pardon last November.
On Sunday, Trump hailed Giuliani as a “true warrior” and New York’s best-ever mayor.
“What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL – AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!” Trump added.
“They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!”
Giuliani was previously hospitalised in 2025 following a car crash in New Hampshire.
