NEW YORK CITY — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is in critical but stable condition, according to spokesperson Ted Goodman. Goodman did not specify why Giuliani, 81, had been hospitalized or which hospital admitted him.

President Donald Trump confirmed the hospitalization in a post on Truth Social. "Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalized, and is in critical condition," Trump wrote.

"What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL — AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!" Trump added.

On a Friday night before his hospitalization, Giuliani hosted his online show "America's Mayor Live" from Palm Beach, Florida. As he opened the program, he said, "My voice is a little under the weather, so I won't be able to speak as loudly as I usually do, but I'll get closer to the microphone." In the period before the hospitalization, Giuliani had also been recovering from injuries sustained after a car he was riding in was struck from behind on a highway in Manchester, New Hampshire, leaving him with broken vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg.

Giuliani rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s in New York City as a prosecutor before being elected mayor. He served as U.S. Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989. He was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001 and was serving in that role when the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred.

Giuliani ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000 but abandoned his race against Hillary Clinton after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. After two terms as mayor, he ran for president in 2008. He became a close ally of Trump during Trump's first presidential campaign in 2016 and later served as Trump's personal lawyer, representing him in lawsuits attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.

Giuliani advanced unsubstantiated claims targeting ballot counters and voting machines in the 2020 presidential election. He was disbarred in New York and in Washington, D.C. over his involvement in efforts to challenge the 2020 results, and he faced state charges in Georgia and Arizona for his actions following that election. He was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in Special Counsel Jack Smith's federal election interference case against Trump and denied the allegations.

Giuliani declared bankruptcy after being found liable for $148 million for spreading falsehoods about Georgia election workers. Trump pardoned Giuliani and others tied to the false elector scheme in January 2025, though the pardon does not protect against state charges.