“It’s not something I’m aware of, nor is it relevant to what I’m doing, the legal part,” Mr. Giuliani said. A lawyer for the Trump Organization declined to comment, and a spokeswoman for the organization did not respond to an email about Mr. Weisselberg. Mr. Giuliani told The Times on Friday that the issue was “primarily” about keeping Mr. Trump’s wife, Melania, from being embarrassed by the claim, which Mr. Trump has maintained was false. He also pointed to a secret document in California that a Trump Organization lawyer filed to force Ms. Clifford into arbitration this year. “There’s no question it opens up another avenue of inquiry into the depths of the involvement of the Trump Organization,” he said.

Source: New York Times May 05, 2018 01:10 UTC