Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his condo constructing in New York on Wednesday to be booked in Atlanta.

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Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his condo constructing in New York on Wednesday to be booked in Atlanta.

Seth Wenig/AP

Rudy Giuliani has surrendered in Atlanta to be booked as a part of county prosecutors’ investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

Giuliani, a outstanding purveyor of baseless claims that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, faces 13 felony counts as a part of the sweeping racketeering indictment unveiled final week.

The former New York City mayor leaned heavily on the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization regulation to pursue expenses when he was a federal prosecutor — and now could be a defendant in a RICO case himself.

Giuliani has referred to as the indictment “an affront to American Democracy.”

Before leaving for Atlanta Wednesday, Giuliani advised reporters, including CBS News: “I’m feeling very, very good about it because I feel I’m defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney.”

Among his debunked fraud claims, Giuliani singled out Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who labored Fulton County’s 2020 election. Giuliani has since conceded in a court filing that he made false statements concerning the pair, who’ve filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Giuliani for these accusations.

Quite a lot of different defendants have additionally surrendered to Fulton County authorities. Trump says he shall be booked in Atlanta on Thursday.