WASHINGTON _ Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and an unofficial White House adviser, is joining President Donald Trump's personal legal defense team.
"He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country," Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said in a statement.
Giuliani is a former federal prosecutor in New York, but he has not spent much time in a courtroom in recent years.
He was an early Trump supporter and frequent companion on the campaign trail. He delivered a fiery speech at the Republican National Convention.
Sekulow also announced that a pair of Miami defense attorneys, Jane Serene Raskin and Marty Raskin, had joined the team.
He called them "highly respected former federal prosecutors with decades of experience."
Trump has had trouble hiring attorneys from large law firms. His lead lawyer, John Dowd, resigned last month.
