President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would give Rudi Juliani the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor in the country, two days after the former New York mayor was injured in a car accident.
“As president of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudi Juliani, the greatest municipality in the history of New York City, and a great American patriot, will receive the presidential medal for freedom, and the highest civil honor in our country, Trump He wrote about social truthAdding that he will announce the details and time later.
On Sunday, Michael Rajosa, President of Juliani Security, said in a statement that the former mayor was wounded by a spine fracture after “shocked him from behind at a high speed” while riding as a car in a car on a highway in New Hampshire.
He added that before the accident, Juliani “knew by a woman who was a victim of a home violence”, and “he immediately provided assistance and called 911”, to stay at the scene until the police arrived.
Rajosa said in a follow -up statement that Juliani was “in great spirits” and “in a completely awareness.”
Police sett Ted Godman, who served as an employee in Juliani, as the driver of the car that was the former president. He was wounded as an indisputable life and was taken to the hospital.
Juliani rose to the national forefront as the mayor of New York City after the September 11 attacks. Trump supported during his 2016 career of the presidency and joined his legal team in 2018. Such as Juliani Trump in lawsuits trying to overthrow the election results for 2020, and was eventually prevented from practicing the law in New York and Washington, DC, for these efforts and misleading information that has spread.
Juliani also faced charges in Georgia and Arizona and was named as a consumer who is not consumed in the issue of overlapping in the Federal elections of Jack Smith against Trump. Juliani denied these allegations.
Among the former beneficiaries of the award are the APOLLO 11 crew, the actor Denzel Washington, the journalist Edward R. Murrow, the Gymnast Simone Biles and director Stephen Spielberg. During his first term, Trump granted the honor to the host of Rush Limbo, the Golf player Tiger Woods, the Ohio Jim Jordan and the baseball player Pep Roth, among others.