Rudy Giuliani Claims He Tipped Off Arizona Agents Trying to Serve Him Indictment Papers, Despite Gloating Online About Evading Them

After evading Arizona agents for weeks, Rudy Giuliani was finally served with indictment papers over the weekend for trying to overturn the 2020 election. The exchange took place in Palm Beach, outside of the first of two 80th birthday parties for the ex-mayor of New York City.

Giuliani was served not long after he took to social media to mock Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes, saying in a since-deleted post on X: “If Arizona authorities can’t find me by tomorrow morning: 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must concede they can’t count votes.” The note was accompanied by a photo of a grinning Giuliani surrounded by four blondes, a brunette, a young guy with black hair, and balloons. Just several hours later, Mayes responded: “The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law.”

The following day, Giuliani claimed that “contrary to reports from journalists who weren’t there, our early 80th birthday celebration wasn’t ‘ruined’ or interrupted.” On Sunday, he explained that he “had just found out they were looking for me 24 hours before” the party, adding, “I told them where I would be and I accepted service like a gentleman!” In a statement, Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman told The Washington Post that the former attorney to Donald Trump “was served after the party and as he was walking to the car,” noting that he was looking “forward to full vindication soon.” Goodman claimed that Giuliani was “unfazed.” (As the Post reported earlier this month, Arizona prosecutors could have ultimately issued a warrant for his arrest.)

The Arizona charges are, of course, not the only problem currently plaguing Giuliani. He has also been charged in Georgia (where he’s pleaded not guilty) for trying to overturn the election there, and he owes a cool $148 million to the 2020 election workers he was found liable for defaming.

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