United States of America. Rudy Giuliani, former attorney for Donald Trump, has been arrested

Last Monday, investigators in Fulton County, Georgia, charged former President Donald Trump with 13 counts, the most important of which was participation in a criminal group whose aim was to illegally annul the results of the 2020 state elections. Besides him, 18 other people have heard or will hear the charges, including his former attorney Rudy Giuliani and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Rudy Giuliani appeared in the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday. A total of 13 allegations were heard, including charges of participating in a criminal gang, forcing state employees to perjure themselves and make false statements. The state penalty for the first and most serious charge is 5 to 20 years in prison.

After hearing the charges, Giuliani was released on bail after posting a $150,000 bail. He must also refrain from intimidating witnesses and other defendants.

As he said after his release from custody, the politician is “very honored” to be one of the defendants in the case alongside former US President Trump. “It’s not just an attack on me, it’s not just an attack on President Trump. This is an attack on the American people. If this can happen to me, it can happen to you, too,” Giuliani said. He said the attorney general’s office violated his constitutional right to File complaints against the authorities by bringing charges against him He added that “people have the right to believe” that the elections are rigged.

– This accusation is a spoof. “It is an attack on the constitution,” he said after arriving in detention. Before leaving for Atlanta, Giuliani declared that he felt “very good” because he was standing up for the rights of “all Americans.” He added, “I am telling the truth and they are lying.”

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Reuters reported that Giuliani played an important role in the activities of Donald Trump’s entourage aimed at spreading false allegations about fraud in the results of the 2020 presidential election.

So far, several have come forward, including the lawyer believed to be the architect of the reverse election strategy, John Eastman, and another lawyer and bogus theoretician, Sidney Powell.

Donald Trump himself will also inform the authorities. “Can you believe it? I’m flying to Atlanta, Georgia this Thursday to be arrested by far-left District Attorney Fanny Willis,” he wrote on his social network, TRUTH Social.

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He added that he would be accused of making a “perfect phone call,” referring to a call in which he urged Georgia’s foreign minister to declare election fraud and “find the 11,780 votes” he needed to win. The former president has said the charges against him are a “witch hunt” and that Willis, a Democrat who heads the Atlanta state attorney general’s office, is working with the federal attorney’s office to interfere in next year’s presidential election.

On Monday, an Atlanta court ruled that Trump must post $200,000 bail to avoid arrest. One of the conditions for staying free is also refraining from intimidating witnesses, also through social media.