Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

=== Giuliani Partners ===
{{Main|Giuliani Partners}}

After leaving the New York City mayor's office, Giuliani founded a security consulting business, Giuliani Partners LLC, in 2002, a firm that has been categorized by multiple media outlets as a lobbying entity capitalizing on Giuliani's name recognition,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/01-07-2007/news/story/486423p-409552c.html |work=[[New York Daily News]] |title=Rudy Inc., or Rudy sink? Mayor's client roster could hurt '08 hopes |last1=Saltonstall |first1=David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211063741/http://www.nydailynews.com/01-07-2007/news/story/486423p-409552c.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |date=January 7, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sept11/features/n_7689/ |date=September 6, 2002 |title=American Idol |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York magazine]] |page=3 |first=Chris |last=Smith |access-date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> and which has been the subject of allegations surrounding staff hired by Giuliani and due to the firm's chosen client base.<ref name="Solomon-2007"/> Over five years, Giuliani Partners earned more than $100{{spaces}}million.<ref name="Solomon-2007">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201270_pf.html |title=In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth |last1=Solomon |first1=John |last2=Mosk |first2=Matthew |name-list-style=amp |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2007}}</ref>

In June 2007, he stepped down as CEO and chairman of Giuliani Partners,<ref name="Brune-2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usrudy055488144dec05,0,6737667.story |title=Rudy no longer firm CEO |last=Brune |first=Tom |work=[[Newsday]] |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206115153/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usrudy055488144dec05%2C0%2C6737667.story |archive-date=December 6, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> although this action was not made public until December 4, 2007;<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Giuliani resigns as head of firm, calls his work there 'totally legal' |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/05/giuliani_resigns_as_head_of_firm_calls_his_work_there_totally_legal/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626231207/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/05/giuliani_resigns_as_head_of_firm_calls_his_work_there_totally_legal/ |archive-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref> he maintained his equity interest in the firm.<ref name="Brune-2007" /> Giuliani subsequently returned to active participation in the firm following the election. In late 2009, Giuliani announced that they had a security consulting contract with [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil regarding the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Martin-2009" /> He faced criticism in 2012 for advising people once allied with [[Slobodan Milošević]] who had lauded Serbian war criminals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/100536/rudy-giulianis-new-low |last=Kirchick |first=James |author-link=James Kirchick |date=May 24, 2012 |title=Rudy Giuliani's New Low |work=Tablet Magazine |access-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Tomislav Nikolic & Rudy Giuliani-mc.rs.jpg|right|thumb|Serbian president [[Tomislav Nikolić]] and Giuliani at a joint press conference, 2012]]