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Trump to grant former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani highest civilian honour

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York in January [File: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo]

United States President Donald Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and close ally who participated in efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Trump said on Monday that he would grant the country’s highest civilian honour to Giuliani, calling him a “great patriot” in a post on his social media website, Truth Social.

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