Rudy Giuliani called his arrest an “attack on the American people” outside a Georgia jail, where he surrendered to law enforcement for his part in the alleged 2020 election interference plot.The former New York City mayor and former attorney to Donald Trump spoke to reporters outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.He gave an awkward laugh when asked if he regretted his long working relationship with Mr Trump.Asked if he regretted “attaching his name” to Mr Trump and his efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, the former New York mayor replied: “Do I what? Ha ha ha ... I am very very honoured to be involved in this case because this case is a fight for our way of life.”Mr Giuliani is one of 19 defendants charged in the sweeping RICO case and given a deadline of midday on Friday 25 August to surrender to authorities in Fulton County to be arrested on the charges.Reuters
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00:00 president. He's now out. Do you regret attaching your name? I am very, very
00:17 proud of you. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you.
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00:40 [INAUDIBLE]
00:44 --who is probably the most prolific prosecutor maybe in America is,
00:50 and the most effective mayor, for sure.
00:53 We can have a New Year.
00:55 --five other guys are indicted.
00:57 I should tell you right away that this is an assault on our Constitution.
01:03 --Manny Willis will go down in American history
01:07 for having conducted one of the worst attacks on the American Constitution.
01:11 In this case, she has violated people's First Amendment rights
01:16 to advocate the government, to petition the government to agree
01:20 to something like an election they believe was poorly conducted or falsely conducted.
01:24 People have a right to believe that in America.
01:28 Biden and the Biden state doesn't have a right to tell you what the truth is.
01:32 [INAUDIBLE]
01:34 I talked to the president today. I wish him well.
01:36 I have every confidence in him.
01:38 What they are doing to him is an assault on the American Constitution.
01:42 And I say to my American citizens, this could happen to you.
01:45 --You've got to stop pushing.
01:47 [INAUDIBLE]
01:50 All right, we're out. Sorry, guys.
01:53 We're out.
01:55 [SIRENS]