Rudy Giuliani denied he was drunk on election night and slammed former Trump aides for saying so – before deleting his tweets.
Giuliani, who was ex-President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, blasted former aides Jason Miller and Bill Stepien on Tuesday, a day after the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot played videos of their testimony claiming he was inebriated.
‘I think the mayor was definitely intoxicated,’ Miller said in a clip shown by the committee during its second public hearing on Monday.
Giuliani hit back by tweeting: ‘I am disgusted and outraged at the out right lie by Jason Miller and Bill Steppien (sic). I was upset that they were not prepared for the massive cheating (as well as other lawyers around the President) I REFUSED all alcohol that evening.’
The former New York City mayor added that his favorite drink is Diet Pepsi.
In another tweet, Giuliani questioned whether Miller and Stepien were ‘paid’ to say what they did to the committee.
‘Is the false testimony from Miller and Steppien (sic) because I yelled at them? Are they being paid to lie?’ Giuliani tweeted.
Both tweets were deleted within hours on Tuesday.
Giuliani is known to like alcohol but has denied being an alcoholic.
‘I love Scotch. I can’t help it. All of the malts. And part of it is cigars – I love to have them with cigars. I’m a partyer,’ Giuliani told New York magazine in 2019.
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