Trump to award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Updated on: September 1, 2025 / 5:37 PM EDT / CBS News
President Trump announced Monday that he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
"As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country's highest civilian honor," Mr. Trump said in a social media post. "Details as to time and place to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
Mr. Trump's announcement comes days after Giuliani was hospitalized with multiple broken bones following a car crash in New Hampshire. Giuliani suffered "fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg" after the vehicle he was riding in was "struck from behind at high speed," his spokesperson said.
"There is no American more deserving of this honor," Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman said in a social media post. "Mayor Rudy Giuliani took down the Mafia, saved New York City, comforted the nation following 9/11, and served in countless other ways to improve the lives of others. Thank you, President Trump, for honoring his life and legacy."
Giuliani, 81, built his reputation in the 1980s and '90s in New York City as a prosecutor before being elected mayor. He was dubbed "America's mayor" after his leadership in New York after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
After serving two terms as mayor, he ran for president in 2008 but withdrew during the Republican primary after a third place finish in Florida. Later, he became a close adviser to Mr. Trump in his first term and was a key spreader of conspiracy theories and unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen after Mr. Trump's loss.
Giuliani was disbarred in New York and Washington, D.C., and he declared bankruptcy after being found liable for $148 million for spreading falsehoods about Georgia election workers.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is "presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors."
The award was established by former President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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Giuliani overcome with emotion at the news
Rudy Giuliani is , a traitor. He acted irrationally exuberant over Trumps desire to subvert our democratic vote in 2020 , slandered individuals, made a buffoon out of himself in front of state committees, and LIED about the results of the presidential election. It was reportedly at his suggestion that Trump came out on election night in 2020 and said to national tv cameras that the election was being stolen from him.
Giuliani was also the point man for the misinformation campaign coming from Trump about the Bidens involvement in Ukraine.
He destroyed his own reputation after 9-11.
I give him credit for the work he did as a prosecutor and as mayor. But his integrity and ethics went south after he got involved with trmp.
I hope he recovers from his injuries quickly
Shit, Biden and Pelosi have one so it's not that high up there on the credibility scale.
Recent Presidents have turned this award into a joke, they are given out to sycophants and celebrities. We have gone from Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren to Nacy Pelosi and Rudy Giuliani.