The third night of the Republican National Convention was kicking off in Fiserv Forum on Wednesday and Rudolph W. Giuliani sat by himself across the street, poring over blown-up printouts of New York Post articles he had highlighted with a red marker as if they were pages of a scholarly text. A cast of rising Trump loyalists in the House was taking turns in the spotlight giving three-minute speeches in the main auditorium, while Mr. Giuliani, who over the years has served a keynote speaker on that main stage, was getting ready to host the 453rd episode of “America’s Mayor Live,” his livestream program, across the street in an overflow media center. This year, Mr. Giuliani — indicted, disbarred and bankrupt — has no speaking slot. He has been roaming around the arena for days nonetheless, recording his show and giving hours and hours of interviews to virtually anyone who could grab him. His viral spill on the convention’s floor on Tuesday, in which he crashed into two folding chairs near where the Ohio delegation congregates and had to be helped back to his feet, felt like an unsubtle metaphor for his fall through the Trump era.

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