Rudy Giuliani is nervous about being targeted in the Georgia election probe and just wants to 'die a free man,' former aide says

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Rudy Giuliani is nervous about being targeted in the Georgia election probe and just wants to 'die a free man,' former aide says
Rudy Giuliani.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
  • Rudy Giuliani was told he a target of Georgia's criminal investigation into election interference.
  • A former aide told CNN that Giuliani is "nervous" about the probe because "he knows he lied."
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Rudy Giuliani is "nervous" about being targeted in Georgia's elections investigation and just wants to "die a free man," a former aide told CNN on Tuesday.

The former New York City mayor and personal attorney to Donald Trump was told on Monday that he was a target of the criminal probe in Fulton County, Georgia, regarding efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, The New York Times reported.

Ken Frydman, who worked as Giuliani's press secretary during his first mayoral campaign in 1993, told CNN that he was "nervous" about the probe because "he knows he lied to investigators."

"He knows how the DOJ works. He knows how the FBI works. He knows these are meticulous investigations," Frydman told CNN. "He knows that he concocted this scheme. He knows he lied for his client, and he knows we all know."

"I think, at this point in his life, his goal is to die a free man."

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Earlier this week, Michael Cohen — Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer — speculated that Trump could scapegoat Giuliani for potential criminal charges that might stem from the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Giuliani, who has not been given any charges, is set to testify before a grand jury in Georgia on Wednesday, the Associated Press and The Times reported.

Giuliani plans to claim attorney-client privilege if he is asked to discuss his relationship with Trump, his lawyer Robert Costello told The Times.

"If these people think he's going to talk about conversations between him and President Trump, they're delusional," Costello told The Times.

Costello did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Giuliani was one of the key figures who touted Trump's unfounded claims about stolen ballots in Georgia after the 2020 election. President Joe Biden won the state — a longtime GOP stronghold — by roughly 12,000 votes.

In December 2020, Giuliani repeatedly urged state lawmakers in Georgia not to certify Biden's victory.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into the efforts to overturn the election in Georgia after The Washington Post reported on a January 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

During the roughly one-hour call, Trump urged Raffensperger to "find" votes that would be needed to flip the election results in Georgia, The Post reported.

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