NEW YORK _ Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is reportedly in talks to join President Donald Trump's legal team.
Trump has struggled to add legal muscle to the team of lawyers defending him against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion.
A former Manhattan U.S. attorney, Giuliani was one of Trump's earliest and loudest supporters during the presidential campaign.
But in a snub, Trump denied the former mayor a Cabinet post after assuming office.
The 73-year-old Republican came to prominence as a hard-charging prosecutor who targeted the city's top mob bosses and Wall Street fraudsters.
Some legal experts questioned the wisdom of the president hiring the man formerly known as "America's Mayor."
"So the President has run out of qualified, active criminal defense attorneys and is basically just asking friends to help out at this point," tweeted Bradley Moss, a Washington-based attorney specializing in national security.
"Giuliani was once a great prosecutor but when was the last time he actually handled complex criminal litigation?"
Giuliani's office did not immediately return a request for comment on the revelation first reported by the Daily Beast.
The news came amid a turbulent period for Giuliani.
Judith Nathan, his wife of 15 years, filed for a contested divorce two weeks ago.
