Rudy Giuliani’s close female companion led the bizarre push to award the disbarred lawyer the highest honor in the country.

Maria Ryan, 59—who has denied being Giuliani’s girlfriend—wrote to then-President Trump during his first term, urging him to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the 81-year-old ex-New York City mayor, according to Giuliani biographer Andrew Kirtzman.

The letter was reportedly intercepted by Bernard Kerik, who was working as Giuliani’s adviser at the time, the New York Times reported.

Ryan finally got her wish after Trump announced Sunday on Truth Social that he would consider Giuliani for the medal, which is regarded as the highest honor in the country.

Ryan, a nurse practitioner and former hospital administrator in New Hampshire, accompanied Giuliani, 8

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