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Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Trump Says

By Matthew S. Schwartz
Published December 6, 2020 at 3:48 PM CST
Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer of President Trump, looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 2.
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Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer of President Trump, looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 2.

President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the president. Trump made the announcement on Twitter 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," Trump tweeted. "Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!"

No further details were immediately released, and it's unclear how the former New York City mayor became infected. Giuliani has spent the last several weeks leading failed legal challenges to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Giuliani is the latest of more than a dozen people in Trump's orbit who have tested positive since October.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Matthew S. Schwartz
Matthew S. Schwartz is a reporter with NPR's news desk. Before coming to NPR, Schwartz worked as a reporter for Washington, DC, member station WAMU, where he won the national Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting in large market radio. Previously, Schwartz worked as a technology reporter covering the intricacies of Internet regulation. In a past life, Schwartz was a Washington telecom lawyer. He got his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan ("Go Blue!").
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