Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova, who was set to join President Donald Trump's legal team, said Monday he and his wife, Victoria Toensing, are still speaking with Trump and his lawyers despite parting ways due to a conflict of interest.

“Victoria and I are playing the role of lawyers on television and in real life,” diGenova said in an interview with Baltimore radio station WBAL.


DiGenova and Toensing visited the White House in March, and it was later announced that diGenova was going to join Trump’s legal team. However, he parted ways with the president several days later due to a cited conflict of interest.

Despite diGenova not being part of the legal team, he said he has talked to the president “several times.” He did not elaborate on what they discussed and did not detail what role, if any, he currently plays with respect to the president.

“We have spoken to the president several times since our ... respective statements last week, and we continue to chat with his lawyers and with him,” diGenova said.

DiGenova in January argued that Trump had been framed by the Justice Department and FBI “with a falsely created crime.” Toensing has also been among the leading voices for a second special counsel to investigate whether there was any wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation surrounding a U.S. government panel’s approval of the 2013 sale of a large uranium firm to Russian interests.

