The former New York Mayor has tested positive
(Picture: AP)Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.
The outgoing US President confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had caught the virus.
Mr Giuliani has travelled extensively to battleground states in recent weeks in an effort to help Mr Trump challenge his election defeat.
Mr Trump wished him a speedy recovery.
“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Mr Trump wrote in his tweet.
.@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!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2020
Mr Giuliani attended a hearing at the Georgia Capitol on Thursday where he went without a mask for several hours. Several state senators also did not wear masks at the hearing.
On Wednesday night, the lawyer was in Lansing, Michigan, to testify in a highly unusual four-hour legislative hearing in which he pushed Republican lawmakers to ignore the certification of Joe Biden’s Michigan victory and appoint electors for Mr Trump.
Mr Giuliani has repeatedly appeared in public without a mask
Getty ImagesHe did not wear a mask, nor did lawyer Jenna Ellis, who was sitting next to him. At one point, he asked one of his witnesses — a Detroit election worker — if she would be comfortable removing her mask but legislators said they could hear her.
Before the hearing, Mr Giuliani and Michigan Republican Party chairman Laura Cox — both maskless — did a virtual briefing for Republican activists.
Mr Giuliani made an appearance earlier on Sunday on Fox News to speak about his legal challenges in several states on behalf of Mr Trump.
The diagnosis comes more than a month after Mr Trump lost his re-election bid and more than two months after Mr Trump was ill with the virus in early October.
