Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani protested Wednesday that “I’m not an alcoholic” when asked about claims that he had been hitting the bottle hard, even while providing legal advice to former President Donald Trump.
“I’m not an alcoholic. I have never been, not even close,” Giuliani told The Post in response to a New York Times report that federal prosecutors are investigating his drinking habits as part of their case against Trump, 77, for his attempted to remain in power after his 2020 presidential election loss to Joe Biden.
Special counsel Jack Smith has reportedly questioned witnesses about Giuliani’s drunkenness while advising Trump to try to stop Biden from being certified as the winner, and whether that undermines the former president’s defense that he relied on a lawyer’s advice. while arguing that mass electorate fraud robbed him of a second term.
But Giuliani, 79, argued that he is not a drinker and raged against former City Council Speaker Andrew Stein, who told the Times that the former mayor has a drinking problem.
Rudy Giuliani insisted Wednesday that “I’m not an alcoholic” when asked about claims that he has been drinking, even while providing legal advice to former President Donald Trump.
“Andrew Stein said I have a drinking problem? “Andrew Stein is a big liar!” said the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.
“By the way, Andrew Stein is not a smart guy,” Giuliani added.
“What has Andrew Stein accomplished?”
When asked why people in Trump’s orbit and New York political circles would say he has a drinking problem, Giuliani responded: “I have a lot of friends who became enemies.”
“I’m not an alcoholic. I have never been, not even close,” Giuliani told The Post in response to a New York Times report that federal prosecutors are investigating his drinking habits as part of their case against Trump. Corbis via Getty Images
“I must be the most accomplished alcoholic ever given what I accomplished,” he added, reciting his resume as mayor and former federal prosecutor.
“It should be in the Guinness Book of World Records. “It is a complete and utter lie.”
Giuliani even refused to describe himself as a social drinker, arguing that would only lend credence to the allegations.
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The former mayor’s alcohol use has been a source of debate since the 2020 election and emerged during a House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“The mayor was definitely intoxicated, but I don’t know his level of intoxication when he spoke to the president, for example,” Trump campaign strategist Jason Miller testified, referring to Giuliani’s state on election night, when he urged Trump to publicly declare victory. even though the race is too close and the results tend towards the Democrat.
Giuliani disputed that he was drunk on election night and claimed he was only drinking “Diet Coke.”
Meanwhile, Giuliani filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Biden in a New Hampshire court, accusing the commander in chief of defamation during the second and final 2020 presidential debate.
“I am suing Joe Biden. Twice during the presidential debate he called me a Russian pawn,” the former mayor said.
A review of the debate transcript reveals that Biden attacked Giuliani during a discussion about the Post’s explosive report on Hunter Biden’s foreign business interests.
“His friend Rudy Giuliani is being used as a Russian pawn,” Biden said of Trump at the time.
“They are giving him information that is Russian, but that is not true.”
Giuliani is also one of 19 co-defendants, along with Trump, in a voter fraud case in Georgia that accuses them of a “vast extortion enterprise” aimed at subverting the results of the 2020 election in the Peach State.
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