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- Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical condition, a spokesperson confirms.
- Giuliani's recent health issues follow legal troubles and past hospitalizations.
- Supporters like Trump praised Giuliani's past leadership and criticized political opponents.
NEW YORK CITY — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in critical but stable condition in the hospital, his spokesperson said Sunday.
"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," spokesperson Ted Goodman said in a statement on X.
The statement does not say why the 81-year-old is in the hospital.
Giuliani told viewers on Friday on his X show, "America's Mayor Live," that his "voice is a little under the weather, so I won't be able to speak as loudly as I usually do." He's seen coughing a few times on the streamed program.
The most recent episode of "The Rudy Giuliani Show," streamed on LindellTV, is from Wednesday. Giuliani missed several episodes in April but worked Monday through Friday as recently as March.
Former New York Mayor Eric Adams, who left office last year, wished Giuliani "strength, good health, and a full recovery," his spokesperson, Todd Shapiro, said in a statement on his behalf, adding the "moment rises above politics."
"From his years as a federal prosecutor to leading New York City through its darkest day on 9/11, he stood with this city when it needed him most," the statement said. "Public service at that level demands sacrifice, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to the people you serve."
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Giuliani is a "True Warrior and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City."
"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!" Trump said in a post about Giuliani's hospitalization.
Giuliani, Trump's former personal attorney whose leadership of New York in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks earned him the nickname "America's mayor," has faced a slew of legal and financial troubles since the 2020 election.
He has pleaded not guilty to state criminal charges against him related to the election subversion scheme in Arizona. Prosecutors dropped a similiar case against Giuliani and others in Georgia last year. The two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, also obtained a $148 million defamation judgment against him for false allegations he made about them after the 2020 election.
Still, he has received support from Trump, with the president appointing him to an advisory council within the Department of Homeland Security last June.
Giuliani was hospitalized in August after he was injured in a car accident in New Hampshire, his head of security and the New Hampshire State Police said. Three people, including Giuliani, were taken to the hospital by ambulance with "non-life-threatening injuries," the police said.
In 2020, the former mayor spent four days in the hospital battling COVID-19.
