At his 80th birthday celebration, Rudy Giuliani was served with an indictment from Arizona.
"The last suspect was just served," Mayes, a Democrat, announced through a post on X where Giuliani is mentioned. "@RudyGiuliani nobody is exempt from the law."
A summons, a legal form issued when someone is charged criminally, was given to Giuliani. Richie Taylor, a representative for Mayes, told CNN earlier that the Attorney General's Office had been attempting to serve Giuliani for weeks.
An attendee of a party hosted by Caroline Wren, a GOP operative and adviser to Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, revealed that Giuliani was served papers by agents of the Arizona Attorney General's Office during his 80th birthday celebration in Palm Beach, Florida. "They interrupted him on his way out," the attender detailed, adding, "Many of the guests were clearly disturbed."
Giuliani's representative, Ted Goodman, claimed that the former New York City mayor was unperturbed by the attempt to humiliate him during his big day. "The mayor took the news in stride and had a fantastic evening with hundreds of people who admire him — from all demographics — and we're anticipating a comprehensive vindication shortly."
CNN sought comment from Mayes' office regarding the incident.
Giuliani had tweeted a provocative message with a picture of him and his friends prior to his serve, writing, "If Arizona authorities can't locate me by tomorrow morning, then... 1. They should discard the indictment; 2. They should acknowledge they can't count ballots accurately."
Hours after the presenting the indictment, Giuliani was officially informed of the court documents.
Giuliani is anticipated to attend a hearing in Phoenix on Tuesday for an arraignment, unless the court allows for a delay.
Giuliani is amongst a number of former President Donald Trump's allies facing charges in connection with Arizona's 2020 election, including the 11 individuals who functioned as false GOP electors from the state during the presidential election.
The individual identified as Giuliani in the indictment is described as having propagated falsehoods about voter discrepancies around the nation after the 2020 election, as well as maintaining that "Arizona officials failed to ascertain if the vote was accurate," and encouraging "Republican electors in Arizona and in six other contested states to cast their votes for Trump-Pence on December 14, 2020."
Former Trump lawyer John Eastman was the first to appear in court amongst the defendants charged in the Arizona case, pleading not guilty in Phoenix on Friday regarding allegations related to involvement in a scheme to alter the Arizona election results. The others, including Giuliani, are set to follow Eastman in court over the forthcoming weeks.
Giuliani is facing this legal problem as part of a string of legal issues that have arisen since his term as Trump's lawyer following the 2020 presidential election. He filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New York in December, just after a jury ordered him to pay almost $150 million to two ex-Georgia election workers over defamatory statements about them.
Giuliani is also an unindicted co-conspirator in Trump's federal election subversion case, holds 13 charges in the Georgia election subversion case, and is the target of a defamation lawsuit from both Dominion and Smartmatic, two voting technology firms he falsely claimed had rigged the 2020 election.
CNN's Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.
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