Reporter details why Rudy Giuliani may have just perjured himself

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Rudy Giuliani was once of the face of New York City after 9/11; now, he’s the face of President Donald Trump’s campaign following the 2020 election. The Trump attorney and former New York City mayor has been going to great lengths to convince the courts that Trump was the victim of widespread voter fraud — although he hasn’t been able to prove his allegations — and according to Mother Jones’ David Corn, Giuliani “arguably provided false testimony several times” when he testified via Zoom at a Missouri legislative hearing on December 14.

Giuliani wasn’t challenging the election results in Missouri, a state that Trump won. Rather, Corn writes, he was the “star witness” for Republicans in the Missouri House of Representatives who were making a “show of fealty to the defeated Trump” by “pushing a non-binding resolution declaring that they have ‘no faith’ in election results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.”

Corn offers some examples of possible “false testimony” from Giuliani. Continue reading.