[Official Petition] Drop all charges

№ 144Political FundraisingRudy Defense TrustJan 23, 2026

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The Left thinks they’ve finally got me…

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Rudy Giuliani

Dear Patriot,

This is the most personal letter I’ve ever written.

I’m writing to you not as America’s Mayor, not as a former prosecutor, not even as President Trump’s former attorney, but as an 81-year-old man – a grandfather and a patriot – staring down a 20-year prison sentence for doing what I believed was right.

I’ve taken on mobsters. I’ve faced terrorists. I’ve battled corruption. I’ve been through it all.

Or so I thought…

…But now, a Democrat Attorney General is making me stand in a rigged trial for bogus state-level crimes, because she knows that not even the most powerful man on the face of the planet – President Trump – can save me with a federal pardon in state court.

They think they’ve finally got me! Left me with no escape, no lifeline – especially after they’ve already STRIPPED me of my law licenses!

No pardon.
No protection.
No cavalry coming over the hill.

But even though the most powerful man in the country legally cannot step in to save me, the most powerful force absolutely can: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

So, with my back against the wall, I’m turning to the one thing that can save me: the collective voices of MILLIONS of patriots like YOU.

My mugshot was entered under booking #2313757, so my goal is for 2,313,757 patriots to sign my official petition — “THE PEOPLE’S PARDON”— calling for my freedom and to DROP ALL CHARGES.

Please help me reach this life-saving (truly!) goal today by immediately adding your name to “THE PEOPLE’S PARDON” as citizens unite to call for my freedom and to DROP ALL CHARGES against me.

ADD YOUR NAME

Thank you and God Bless you,

Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Defense Trust

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01factual claimmisleading
“staring down a 20-year prison sentence”
Claim of facing 20 years. While Giuliani faced multiple felony counts in the Georgia election interference case (each carrying potential multi-year sentences), the specific 20-year figure appears to aggregate maximum possible penalties rather than reflect a formal sentencing guideline; verdict therefore treats it as directionally accurate but rhetorically maximized.
02factual claimmisleading
“a Democrat Attorney General is making me stand in a rigged trial for bogus state-level crimes”
Fani Willis, the elected Fulton County District Attorney, is a Democrat; the characterization of the trial as “rigged” and charges as “bogus” reflects the defendant’s legal posture but is unsupported by judicial findings. The email omits that the case remains active in state court.
03factual claimtrue
“not even the most powerful man on the face of the planet – President Trump – can save me with a federal pardon in state court”
Legally accurate. A presidential pardon applies only to federal offenses and has no effect on state criminal charges.
04factual claimtrue
“they’ve already STRIPPED me of my law licenses”
Accurate. Giuliani was disbarred in New York in 2024 and in the District of Columbia in 2024 following his guilty plea to federal charges related to election interference.
05emotional manipulation
“the most powerful force absolutely can: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE”
Rhetorical elevation of petition signatures to the status of a de facto pardon power, despite petitions having no binding legal effect on ongoing state prosecutions.
06factual claimmisleading
“My mugshot was entered under booking #2313757, so my goal is for 2,313,757 patriots to sign my official petition”
The numeric parallelism is a classic urgency device; however, online petitions do not alter prosecutorial discretion. Search results on petition efficacy show widespread skepticism, with Reddit discussions frequently labeling similar “sign to help” drives as fundraising mechanisms rather than genuine legal interventions.
07rhetorical device
“DROP ALL CHARGES”
Recurring imperative that appears four times; functions both as petition title and emotional climax. No mechanism is provided by which signatories could compel a state prosecutor to dismiss an indictment.
08emotional manipulation
“life-saving (truly!)”
Hyperbolic framing that equates signature collection with preventing incarceration, when the petition carries no legal authority to drop state charges.

Curator’s Note

This specimen constitutes the fourth entry from the Rudy Defense Trust archive, continuing the committee’s established first-person narrative voice and pattern of urgency appeals that blend emerging legal developments with direct solicitation. The text constructs a three-act dramatic arc—past heroism, present vulnerability, and collective salvation—positioning the recipient’s signature as a functional substitute for executive clemency. Of particular note is the numerological device equating the booking number 2313757 with a precise headcount of required petitioners, transforming an administrative identifier into a symbolic threshold for deliverance. The petition is framed as “THE PEOPLE’S PARDON,” a rhetorical structure that seeks to invest grassroots participation with quasi-legal potency in state court where federal pardon authority does not apply.

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