President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for COVID-19.
The president tweeted on Sunday but did not specify when Giuliani tested positive.
While Trump tweeted that the 76-year-old has tested positive, multiple reports say the lawyer is in hospital
Giuliani, 76 and a former mayor of New York City, has been leading Trump’s attempt to overturn his election defeat by Joe Biden, through lawsuits in battleground states, including Georgia, Arizona and Michigan.
Also, President Trump did not specify if Giuliani was experiencing symptoms. Giuliani did not immediately comment, but he did retweet Trump’s tweet about his diagnosis and tweeted thanks to a conservative writer who had said he was praying for Giuliani.
It was not immediately clear if he was in hospital but the New York Times reported on Sunday night that he was in Georgetown University medical center in Washington DC, citing a person who was aware of Giuliani’s condition. ABC News and CNN also reported that the lawyer was in hospital.
“Rudy Giuliani, 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, using a racist term for the coronavirus.
“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!”
Replying to Trump’s tweet, Giuliani’s son, Andrew, tweeted that his father was “resting, getting great care and feeling well”. He did not say where he was receiving care.
The Trump campaign later released a statement on the timeline of Giuliani’s diagnosis, saying he did not display symptoms until two days after returning from Arizona, Michigan and Georgia. No legislators or members of the press were on his contact tracing list, the statement said.
