Former New York Mayor Giuliani to join Trump legal team

20 April 2018: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a one-time federal prosecutor, is joining President Donald Trump's personal legal team, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement on Thursday.

"Rudy is great. He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country," Sekulow quoted Trump as saying.

Giuliani was one of three attorneys Sekulow said were being added to the legal team that is dealing with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe for the president.