Article 63DG5 ‘Unhinged’ Rudy Giuliani drank and ranted about Islam, new book claims

‘Unhinged’ Rudy Giuliani drank and ranted about Islam, new book claims

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Martin Pengelly in New York
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Ex-mayor derailed train wreck' dinner with clients and colleagues, then was later considered for secretary of state

At a law firm dinner in New York in May 2016, an unhinged" Rudy Giuliani, then Donald Trump's suggested pick to head a commission on radical Islamic terrorism", behaved in a drunken and Islamophobic manner, horrifying clients and attorneys alike.

According to a new book by Geoffrey Berman, a former US attorney for the southern district of New York (SDNY), at one point Giuliani turned to a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke [who] had ordered a kosher meal" and, under the impression the man was a Muslim, said: I'm sorry to have tell you this, but the founder of your religion is a murderer."

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