Rudy Giuliani: What Twitter claims has he made about election fraud?

Rudy Giuliani made a number of accusations about voter fraud in the weeks after the 2020 U.S. presidential election. On Twitter he wrote, “The Biden selection by the Crooked Media is based on unlawful votes in PA, Mich, GA, Wisc, Nevada et al. We will prove it all.” Those claims later faced sustained legal and professional scrutiny.

Fraud frantic

Giuliani’s blizzard of Twitter accusations of what he called systemic voter “fraud” in the elections began November 6, with claims that the campaign could launch as many as ten lawsuits and that he had fifty people who would testify in Pennsylvania. According to Giuliani’s Twitter feed, in Pennsylvania, “9,212 registrants have been dead for at least five years, at least 1,990 registrants have been dead for at least ten years, and at least 197 registrants have been dead for at least twenty years.” Fact-checks later determined the Pennsylvania claims of over 21,000 dead voters on the rolls were misleading, with no evidence of actual fraudulent voting. All related lawsuits were rejected by courts.

Contentious claims

Rudy Giuliani said Trump may have four or five lawsuits by the end of the week and once again asserted voter fraud in multiple states on Twitter. “We have two that are being drafted. And the potential is ten. We haven’t investigated all of those states. You want an estimate? By the end of the week we’ll have four or five,” Giuliani told the Daily Mail of his legal plans. He also spoke of claims that observers were kept away from the count in Pennsylvania, stating the matter was documented on videotape with upwards of fifty witnesses. The planned lawsuits, estimated at up to ten, all failed, and the statements contributed to later disbarment proceedings.

Would-be witnesses

On Twitter Giuliani also wrote, “With GOP holding Senate and gaining in House, it’s clear @realDonaldTrump won. This election cheating is obvious and an embarrassment to our reputation throughout the world.” At another point, Giuliani said “we have about sixty or seventy witnesses.” As he did at a press conference Saturday outside a Pennsylvania landscaping company, Giuliani said some of the witnesses feared reprisal and would not come forward. He also referenced “pretty big numbers in Wisconsin” and “four or five witnesses already in Georgia.” The witness counts did not lead to viable cases, and related claims resulted in defamation liability elsewhere.

Press conference porno

During the now-infamous Saturday press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Northern Philadelphia, located next to an erotic book shop, Rudy Giuliani called upon three witnesses he said could prove voting fraud. The first witness was Daryl Brooks, a convicted sex offender who had been an unsuccessful candidate in New Jersey. Brooks claimed he served as a GOP poll watcher and stated at the event, “It’s such a shame. This is a democracy. They did not allow us to see anything.” The event included a witness with a criminal history unknown to Giuliani at the time and formed part of a broader pattern that later contributed to his disbarment.

Odd observer

Brooks served three years and eight months in prison in 1998 after he was convicted on charges of lewdness, sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a minor for allegedly exposing himself in front of two girls ages seven and eleven. Brooks maintained his innocence, claiming he was set up by Trenton police because of his work as a city activist. The arrest came after police said Brooks was reported for public masturbation while seen naked from the waist down on a city street near a mini-police station. The biographical details on Brooks remain accurate as originally reported.

Legal consequences and disbarment

Giuliani was disbarred in New York in July 2024 for repeatedly making false statements about the 2020 election, including claims of dead people voting in Philadelphia. Similar suspension actions followed in other jurisdictions. The disciplinary findings cited the same dead voter allegations and multi-state fraud assertions that Giuliani had promoted on Twitter and at public events in November 2020.

Defamation judgments and settlements

In December 2023, a jury awarded $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in a defamation case against Giuliani over his 2020 fraud claims; the parties later settled in January 2025. Giuliani also reached a confidential settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit in September 2025. Both cases stemmed directly from the false statements about election fraud that first appeared in his Twitter posts and press conferences.

Court rejections of fraud claims

More than sixty lawsuits filed or supported by Giuliani and the Trump campaign after the 2020 election alleging fraud were unsuccessful. Courts found no credible evidence of the alleged fraud, including the specific claims about dead voters and barred observers. Judges repeatedly ruled the statements false and unsubstantiated, closing the legal avenues Giuliani had outlined in his November 2020 statements.

Four Seasons Total Landscaping legacy

The Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference became emblematic of the post-election legal strategy issues. The company later sold significant merchandise capitalizing on the event, turning the unusual location into a lasting cultural reference point. The press conference itself highlighted the witness and evidentiary challenges that later factored into professional sanctions against Giuliani.