In the scene, the Trump ally followed an actress — who was impersonating a reporter — into a hotel bedroom, then laid back on the bed and put his hands down his trousers.
Not everything was exactly as it seemed, however, according to Giuliani.
“The Borat video is a complete fabrication. I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment,” Giuliani posted on social media. “At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is a stone-cold liar.”
The lottery tickets were for my grandchildren
In 2023, Didier Reynders, former European commissioner for justice and former Belgian deputy prime minister, came under investigation over allegations of money laundering. The probe centered on suspicions that he had purchased large quantities of lottery tickets and used any winnings to reintroduce “clean” money into his bank accounts.
In early 2025, Belgian media reported that when a shopkeeper questioned why he was buying so many lottery tickets, Reynders replied that they were for his “grandchildren.”
Reynders has denied any wrongdoing in the ongoing probe.
Sonja Rijnen, Matt Honeycombe-Foster, Stephen Fidler, Mari Eccles, Giorgio Leali, Christian Oliver, Ali Walker and Rory O’Neill contributed reporting to this article.