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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Giuliani visited Mar-a-Lago seeking help paying ‘ballooning’ legal fees – report

Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016.
Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

The New York mayor turned Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani made a largely fruitless visit to Mar-a-Lago to plead for help paying “ballooning” legal fees arising from work for the former president, CNN reported.

Citing unnamed sources, the network said Giuliani met Donald Trump at his Florida resort in April. Trump, “who is notoriously strict about dipping into his own coffers, didn’t seem very interested” and only “verbally agreed” to help pay some bills and to support fundraisers for his ally, according to CNN.

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