Judge harshly rubbishes Rudy Giuliani for 'imagined' claim about grand jury in Arizona fake electors case

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 17th, 2024, 4:04 pm


The judge overseeing the Arizona fake electors case on Wednesday rejected, once and for all, claims by Rudy Giuliani that the grand jurors who indicted him were solely chosen for their political party affiliation.

In August, the former New York City mayor filed a motion in Maricopa County Superior Court seeking certain grand jury information premised on the idea the grand jurors themselves were chosen by prosecutors because of their presumed or likely political prejudices.

Earlier this month, Judge Bruce Cohen thoroughly rubbished those claims as “pure speculation and abject conjecture,” but also moved to resolve the issue and directed the state to obtain a sworn statement from a county official about the makeup of the grand jury.

The requested statement was provided and now the court considers the matter “resolved,” according to a terse, two-page ruling.

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