Giuliani played a key role in attempt to overturn Trump\u2019s loss in the 2020 election by promoting false claims of fraud.<\/p>\n
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United States President Donald Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, a former New York City mayor and close ally who participated in efforts to overturn Trump\u2019s loss in the 2020 election, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n Trump said on Monday that he would grant the country\u2019s highest civilian honour to Giuliani, calling him a \u201cgreat patriot\u201d in a post on his social media website, Truth Social.<\/p>\n \u201cAs President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country\u2019s highest civilian honor,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n Giuliani rose to prominence in US politics for leading New York City during the September 11, 2001, attacks and their aftermath. He later became a lawyer for Trump, taking part in an effort<\/a> to keep him in office, despite his loss in the 2020 election, by spreading Trump\u2019s false claims of significant fraud.<\/p>\n The disgraced former mayor was later disbarred<\/a> for those actions, and a pair of Georgia<\/a> election workers who said they received death threats after Giuliani falsely accused them of helping to rig the voting process won a $148m defamation judgement against him.<\/p>\n