Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney who’s spearheading the president’s court challenges to his general election loss, has been hospitalized with COVID-19. Trump himself tweeted the first news of Giuliani’s status Sunday night. Giuliani, who’s 76, was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, located in Washington, but his condition remains unclear. It’s also unknown when Giuliani first tested positive. Giuliani traveled last week to Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia, where he appeared at a series of legislative meetings, all without wearing a mask.
Giuliani himself tweeted Sunday evening, “Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes. I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything.”
In a statement Monday morning, the Trump campaign declared, in part, that Giuliani “did not experience any symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 until more than 48 hours after his return” and tested negative before he traveled to each state. The campaign further claims Giuliani “did not experience any symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 until more than 48 hours after his return” and tested negative before he traveled to each state. Regardless, the Arizona state legislature will be closed for a week starting Monday “out of an abundance of caution” over COVID-19 concerns, according to an email announcement to Arizona House members. Maricopa County, Arizona, which is Arizona’s most populous and home to the capital, Phoenix, currently has the fourth-highest number of reported COVID-19 cases of any county in the U.S, with 228,312 as of Monday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The Trump campaign also says that other “team members” who came in close contact with Giuliani will “be following their physicians’ directives and CDC guidelines on self-isolation and testing.” However, the campaign doesn’t name any names or mention if Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis, who traveled with Giuliani, will be quarantining.
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized with COVID-19
