It has been noted that Rudy Giuliani’s 80th birthday bash in Palm Beach was stormed “like it was Normandy” and the former New York City mayor was served with notice of his Arizona indictment as per NY Post.
In front of nearly 75 guests, a couple of officials with Arizona’s attorney general’s office arrived at the shindig around 11 p.m. to hand Giuliani the papers in the case alleging he and 17 others were involved in a plot to overturn the 2020 election, the sources said.
Some partygoers began screaming and one woman even cried as Giuliani was served.
“While crime in Arizona is at an all time high the Arizona Secretary of State’s office felt it was a good use of resources to send multiple agents across the country to storm an 80th birthday party like it was Normandy,” fumed Caroline Wren, a top GOP consultant, who hosted the gathering at her home.
Giuliani’s spokesman Ted Goodman echoed a similar sentiment.
“It’s unfortunate that they chose to barge up and startle guests during a celebration of this man’s 80th birthday,” Goodman told The Post.
“They could’ve shown a little more respect for the man who comforted the nation following September 11th and who stands up for law enforcement and the men and women in blue.”
Giuliani was the last of the 18 defendants in the case to be served in the indictment which was returned by a grand jury last month, Arizona officials said. It is noted that Arizona prosecutors had been looking for Giuliani for the last few weeks, but up until Friday night had failed to find him, CNN reported earlier this week.
At the height of the Palm Beach soirée, as many as 200 people, including Roger Stone and Steve Bannon, were in attendance. Giuliani had recorded an hour-long episode of “America’s Mayor Live” on his YouTube channel during the gathering, chatting with guests including Stone and Bannon.
While the sun was still shining, the ex-mayor was donning shades and dress pants with a blue button-down and orange tie. He belted out Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” over the microphone in the backyard of the Florida home. He was all smiles around 10 p.m. and the cake was served, posing for photos in a room full of birthday balloons.
But about an hour later the celebratory atmosphere shifted. After he was served, Giuliani got in his car and left, sources said.
