Rudy Giuliani confirmed that President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen have ended their joint defense agreement to share information. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Giuliani: Cohen and Trump's legal teams have severed ties

Rudy Giuliani signaled on Saturday that President Donald Trump and his legal team are severing ties to Michael Cohen, the president's longtime former personal attorney.

"We have complained to them that he's violated the attorney-client privilege, publicly and privately," Giuliani, Trump's current attorney, told ABC News, following reported comments Cohen has made relating to Trump's presidential campaign and private life.


Giuliani confirmed the two sides have ended their joint defense agreement to share information.

After initially saying he would defend his longtime friend and employer, Cohen has increasingly signaled that he is taking a more confrontational approach in his relationship with the president following the FBI raid on his business premises and temporary residence in April, in which recordings of conversations with Trump were seized.

Lanny Davis, Cohen's lawyer, later released a statement to multiple news organizations saying Giuliani, who also claimed the tape was confidential information, was "confused."

"He expressly waived attorney client privilege last week and repeatedly and inaccurately — as proven by the tape — talked and talked about the recording, forfeiting all confidentiality," Davis said in a statement.

Trump, while not naming Cohen directly, cast doubt on Friday about a CNN report that, citing anonymous sources, said Cohen claims Trump had prior knowledge of the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 at which senior campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., met with Russians who allegedly said they had dirt on the then-presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.

"I did NOT know of the meeting with my son, Don jr. Sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam (Taxi cabs maybe?)," Trump wrote on Twitter.

Earlier this week, CNN published an audiotape of Cohen and Trump appearing to talk during the presidential campaign about a possible payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal, who has said she had an affair with the president. Trump's campaign has denied that the then-candidate had any knowledge about payments connected with McDougal's claims.

The president and his legal team lashed out at Cohen over the recording. In an appearance on Fox News on Saturday night, Giuliani claimed the recording could have been "doctored," but he did not elaborate on any evidence that would confirm his assertion.

"What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So sad! Is this a first, never heard of it before? Why was the tape so abruptly terminated (cut) while I was presumably saying positive things?” the president wrote on Twitter.

Giuliani on Saturday said of any other potential recordings that feature Trump: "There's nothing on it that would concern us."