Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

The former mayor and lawyer was disbarred in New York and Washington for repeatedly making false statements about the 2020 election.President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash.The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 election. Giuliani was also criminally charged in two states;...