After months of denials, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, conceded that one of his associates asked campaign officials for a $20,000 daily fee to help Trump after his election loss, according to a New York Times report.
Giuliani told Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Friday that his associate, Maria Ryan, sent an email to the Trump campaign shortly after Election Day requesting the amount, but said he did not know about it at the time.
Ryan consulted with another associate, Larry Levy, to decide how much to ask for while Giuliani was out of town, he said.
The request was sent from a Giuliani Partners email account, according to a copy of the email reviewed by The Times. It was sent to at least three campaign officials at the height of Trump's post-election fundraising.