Rudy Giuliani claims he tipped off Arizona agents trying to serve him indictment papers, despite gloating online about evading them

After avoiding 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 the first of two The 80th birthday party of the former New York City mayor.

Giuliani was served not long after he took to social media to mock Arizona’s attorney general Kris Mayes, speak in a since-deleted post on X: “If Arizona authorities cannot find me tomorrow morning: 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must admit that they cannot count the votes.” Accompanying the message was a photo of a grinning Giuliani surrounded by four blondes, a brunette, a young man with dark hair and balloons. Just a few hours later, Mayes answered: “The last defendant was served not long ago. @RudyGiuliani no one is above the law.”

The next day, Giuliani declared that “contrary to reports from journalists who were not there, our early 80th birthday celebrations were not ‘ruined’ or disrupted.” On Sunday, he explain that he “just found out they were looking for me 24 hours before” the party, adding, “I told them where I was going and I accepted the service like a gentleman!” In a statement, a spokesman for Giuliani Ted Goodman speak The Washington Post that former lawyer Donald Trump “served after the party and as he was walking to his car,” noting that he “looked forward to being fully exonerated soon.” Goodman insisted Giuliani was “unfazed.” (Like parcel reported earlier this month, Arizona prosecutors may have finally issued an arrest warrant for him.)

Of course, the Arizona charges aren’t the only issue currently plaguing Giuliani. He has also been charged in Georgia (where he pleaded not guilty) for trying to overturn the election there, and he in debt A cool $148 million to the 2020 election workers he was accused of defaming.