Rudy Giuliani admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19

Rudy Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19

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Rudy Giuliani has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

The 76-year old former New York City mayor is being treated at Georgetown University Medical Centre and because of his age is likely to be considered as being in a high risk category.

Mr Giuliani thanked all his supporters on Twitter for their kind thoughts and said he was feeling good.

"Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes," he wrote.

"I’m getting great care and feeling good.

"Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything."

Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes.

I’m getting great care and feeling good.

Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 7, 2020

As the president’s attorney, Mr Giuliani has spearheaded Donald Trump’s legal battle to overturn the result of the presidential election, appearing in federal court for the first time in 28 years last month to advance his case.

And it was Mr Trump who first announced Mr Giuliani’s  illness on Twitter.

Announcing the diagnosis, the US president paid tribute to Mr Giuliani who has hurtled around the country advancing Mr Trump’s allegation that the election was rigged.

.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2020

"By far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!" Mr Trump tweeted.

Mr Giuliani is the latest member of the Trump inner circle to be diagnosed with Covid. The president himself spent several days in the Walter Reed Medical Centre in Maryland after being tested positive for coronavirus in early October.

BIG WIN FOR HONEST ELECTIONS.

Antrim County Judge in Michigan orders forensic examination of 22 Dominion voting machines.

This is where the untrustworthy Dominion machine flipped 6000 votes from Trump to Biden.

Spiking of votes by Dominion happenned all over the state.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 5, 2020

The diagnosis emerged  a few days after Mr Giuliani claimed a rare victory in the legal onslaught against the election after a judge in Michigan ordered a forensic examination of 22 Dominion voting machines in the rural county of Antrim.

However, the ruling was not related to the presidential election.

Nevertheless, Mr Giuliani sought to stress the significance of the ruling: "This is where the untrustworthy Dominion machine flipped 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden. Spiking of votes by Dominion happenned (sic) all over the state."