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Monday 7 deceMber 2020
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- — maskless, in packed
dent Donald Trump said hearing room for 7 hours. To
Sunday his personal at- say I am livid would be too
torney Rudy Giuliani has kind."
tested positive for the coro- Before the hearing, Giuliani
navirus, making him the lat- and Michigan Republican
est in Trump's inner circle to Party Chairman Laura Cox
contract the disease that is — both maskless — did a
now surging across the U.S. virtual briefing for GOP ac-
The 76-year-old former New tivists.
York mayor has traveled Giuliani made an appear-
extensively to battleground ance earlier Sunday on
states in recent days and Fox News "Sunday Morning
weeks in an effort to help Futures" to speak about his
Trump subvert his election legal challenges in several
loss. On numerous occa- states on behalf of Trump.
sions he has met with of- The diagnosis comes more
ficials for hours at a time than a month after Trump
without wearing a mask. lost reelection and more
Trump, who confirmed than two months after
Giuliani's positive test in a Trump himself was stricken
Sunday afternoon tweet, with the virus in early Octo-
wished him a speedy re- ber. Since then, a flurry of
covery. administration officials and
"Get better soon Rudy, we In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Don- others in Trump's orbit have
ald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquar-
will carry on!!!" Trump wrote. ters, in Washington. also been sickened, includ-
Giuliani did not immediate- Associated Press ing White House chief of
ly respond to a request for staff Mark Meadows and
comment. gan, to testify in a highly un- one of his witnesses — a Georgia state Sen. Jen Jor- Ben Carson, the secretary
Giuliani attended a hear- usual 4 1/2-hour legislative Detroit election worker — if dan, a Democrat who at- of housing and urban de-
ing at the Georgia Capitol hearing in which he pushed she would be comfortable tended Thursday's hearing, velopment. The president's
on Thursday where he went Republican lawmakers to removing her mask. But leg- expressed outrage after wife, Melania Trump, and
without a mask for several ignore the certification of islators said they could hear learning of Giuliani's diag- teenage son, Barron Trump,
hours. Several state sena- Joe Biden's Michigan victo- her. nosis. have also been stricken.
tors, all Republicans, also ry and appoint electors for Research shows that peo- "Little did I know that most Last month, Giuliani's son,
did not wear masks at the Trump. He did not wear a ple who contract the virus credible death threat that Andrew Giuliani, a spe-
hearing. mask, nor did lawyer Jenna may become infectious to I encountered last week cial assistant to Trump,
On Wednesday night, Giu- Ellis, who was sitting next to others several days before was Trump's own lawyer," said he tested positive for
liani was in Lansing, Michi- him. At one point, he asked they start to feel ill. Jordan tweeted. "Giuliani coronavirus.q

Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car

ders, Sheriff Joseph Fucito violating restrictions aimed Neidhardt.
said. at halting the spread of the Authorities said the bar was
Deputies attempted to ar- coronavirus and obstruct- still serving patrons Satur-
rest Presti as he left the bar ing governmental adminis- day night even though it
early Sunday, but Presti got tration. was ordered closed entirely
into his car, struck a deputy The tavern is in an area after Presti's earlier arrest.
and kept driving for about designated by Gov. An- Deputies surveilling the pub
100 yards even as the dep- drew Cuomo as an orange saw that the front door to
uty was left hanging onto zone because of spiking the bar was locked but
the hood, Fucito said. COVID-19 rates and was customers were being di-
Presti, 34, was eventually not supposed to be serv- rected to a building next
stopped and apprehend- ing customers indoors. But door, Fucito said. From
ed, the sheriff said. Charges the owners had declared there, they were able to
against him were pending. the bar an "autonomous enter Mac's Public House
Mark Fonte, an attorney zone," a nod to protesters through a back door and
for Presti, said he had not who claimed control over order food and beverages,
Mac's Public House co-owner Danny Presti is taken away in yet had an opportunity to a Seattle neighborhood in he said.
handcuffs after being arrested by New York City sheriff's depu-
ties, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in the Staten Island borough of New speak to his client. Fonte June. Staten Island is much more
York. said he expected Presti to A spokesperson for Mayor conservative than the rest
Associated Press be arraigned later Sunday. Bill de Blasio said Presti's ac- of New York City and is the
The injured deputy was tak- tions showed a disregard only one of the city's five
By KAREN MATTHEWS running over a deputy with en to a hospital for treat- for human life. "In both of boroughs that voted for
Associated Press a car, authorities said. ment of injuries. The depu- these instances, whether Republican President Don-
NEW YORK (AP) — The co- Danny Presti tried to drive ty's condition wasn't imme- it's flouting public health ald Trump in November.
owner of a New York City away from his bar, Mac's diately available. laws or ramming a car The borough is home to
bar that authorities said has Public House, as deputies The Staten Island bar was into a uniformed deputy, many police officers and
been defying coronavirus were arresting him for serv- the site of protests last week this individual has endan- firefighters and is usually
restrictions was taken into ing patrons in violation of after the sheriff's office ar- gered the lives of others," seen as supportive of law
custody early Sunday after city and state closure or- rested Presti on charges of said the spokesperson, Bill enforcement.q