Giuliani: I’m doing ‘public service’ questioning Clinton’s health

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) is defending the questions he’s raised regarding the health of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, saying he did it as a “public service.”

{mosads}”I hope Secretary Clinton is perfectly healthy, and I feel that I have performed a public service if I can motivate the press to fulfill its responsibility to get the public the information it deserves — and the same standard should be applied to all candidates,” Giuliani wrote in an op-ed published late Monday in USA Today.

In the piece, Giuliani, a strong supporter of Republican nominee Donald Trump, said he first raised the issue of inadequate health disclosures because Clinton has been “hiding from press scrutiny, and Americans are wondering why.”

He said Clinton hasn’t held a news conference in 270 days and the media is allowing her to get away with it.

“During that same period, Trump has made numerous public appearances, held press conferences and participated in interviews with reporters spanning the political spectrum,” Giuliani wrote.

He went on to attack the Democratic nominee, citing the controversies surrounding her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of State and issues regarding the Clinton Foundation.

Some members of the media, including Fox News’s Sean Hannity, have discussed questions regarding Clinton’s health, Giuliani wrote.

“Other news reports have noted Clinton’s trouble walking up stairs, and Clinton was even filmed many times coughing excessively at routine campaign events,” he wrote.

“I did not come to a conclusion on this matter; I simply asked people to draw their own conclusions.”

The former New York mayor has previously criticized the media for failing to “point out several signs of illness by her.”

“Go online and put down ‘Hillary Clinton illness,’ take a look at the videos for yourself,” he said in an interview earlier this month.

The Republican nominee has also questioned Clinton’s health. Trump has called Clinton a “weak person” who isn’t “strong enough to be president.”