(22 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
POOL
Phoenix – 21 May 2024
1. Med of prosecutors for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in courtroom UPSOUND (English) Judge speaking to Rudy Giuliani:
"All right, Mr. Giuliani, as I said, you’re here before on counts one through nine, we’ll enter a not guilty plea on your behalf to each allegation."
(Rudy Giuliani: "Yeah")
"We’ll set your next court hearing for an initial pretrial conference."
2. Screen inside courtroom UPSOUND (English) Rudy Giuliani, former attorney:
"I’ve been, I’ve been indicted in, in Georgia and appeared on every occasion. I’ve been sued, I’ve been sued about 20 to 25 times by a very, very similar movement to this one, which is the, ‘let’s see what we can do to destroy Donald Trump movement’."
(Judge: "Okay, give me just a moment, okay, sir, sir.")
"I do consider this indictment, I do consider this indictment a complete embarrassment to the American legal system, but I’ve shown no tendency not to comply. I show up for every court appearance, and they must have been about 20 to 30 of them. There is no history of my being, which is the basis for the bail."
(Judge: "Alright sir, I think I understand your position.")
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Phoenix – 21 May 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Klingerman, Prosecutor, Arizona Attorney General’s Office:
"I think, I think his comment speaks for itself to the, to the judge. He was fairly defiant, called this an embarrassment to the justice system."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Klingerman, Prosecutor, Arizona Attorney General’s Office:
"It’s absolutely not politically motivated. This case went before an independent grand jury who chose to issue indictments."
++EDIT ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges stemming from his role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden.
Ten others, including former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward, also pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, forgery and fraud charges related to the case. Giuliani appeared remotely for the arraignment that was held in a Phoenix courtroom. His and Ward’s trials are scheduled for Oct. 17, about three weeks before the U.S. election.
The indictment alleged Giuliani spread false claims of election fraud in Arizona after the 2020 election and presided over a downtown Phoenix gathering where he claimed officials made no effort to determine the accuracy of presidential election results.
It also accused him of pressuring Maricopa County officials and state legislators to change the outcome of Arizona’s results and encouraging Republican electors in the state to vote for Trump in mid-December 2020.
During his remote appearance, Giuliani said he did not have an attorney, and that he felt capable of handling the arraignment himself.
Giuliani said he received a summons but did not have a copy of the indictment. He said he is familiar with the charges, though, by reading about them.
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