Giuliani plans to attend a virtual hearing this week with Georgia lawmakers, one of the sources said on Tuesday. State lawmakers there are due to hold the on Thursday to discuss election issues, following a hearing last week in which Giuliani urged them to intervene to overturn Biden’s victory in the state. Giuliani made similar pleas last week in Michigan and Arizona.
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After news broke of Giuliani’s test result, the Arizona state legislature said it would close both chambers this week out of caution “for recent cases and concerns relating to COVID-19”. Giuliani met with about a dozen Republican lawmakers there last week.
With Trump’s legal effort so far failing to convince any court of the President’s claim that widespread fraud cost him the election, Giuliani has been meeting with state officials in a long-shot bid to persuade them to overturn the election results.
State and federal officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence of fraud on any significant scale. Across the country, courts have rejected cases seeking to toss out votes, including the US Supreme Court, which on Tuesday refused to block Pennsylvania from formalising Biden’s victory there.
In his radio interview, Giuliani said he had tested negative just before his trip to the three states.
He also confirmed that Jenna Ellis, a lawyer with whom he has worked side-by-side on Trump’s legal challenges, also had contracted the coronavirus.
Reuters
