In 1999 and 2000 and 2001 obscure city agencies within New York were getting billed for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses. The expenses were for the mayor's security team during the time Mayor Rudy Giuliani was beginning an extramarital affair with future wife Judith Nathan.
The records show when the mayor went to visit her at a Long Island condo, security expenses were being sent to little known city offices -- including the Loft Apartment Agency -- $34,000 dollars, another agency that was supposed to aid the disabled -- $10,000 dollars, and a third that was intended to provide legal help for poor defendants -- $7,200 dollars.
The expenses paid for weekend rooms for Giuliani's security team at the South Hampton Inn.
ABC7's Mark Matthews asked Giuliani about those expenses.
Rudy Giuliani: "All the security was approved by the city of New York and paid for by the New York police department."
ABC7's Mark Matthews: "But it went to agencies that were supposed to help the poor."
Rudy Giuliani: "All those agencies were eventually reimbursed by the police department, it was a bookkeeping decision. You have to ask the bookkeepers. All of it was authorized by the police department. All of it was paid by the police department and the bookkeeping practices - you would have to ask the bookeepers about, I'm not familiar with that, but all of it was paid for by the police department."
ABC7's Mark Matthews: "Was there any attempt to hide it?"
Rudy Giuliani: "Absolutely not, that practice was done for several years -- it had nothing to do with Judith. That was the same practice that was followed for everyone. And when you look at the records, I think everyone sees it as very, very clear."
ABC7's Mark Matthews: "The Loft Board sees it that way?"
Rudy Giuliani: "Everyone does, the reality is that it was done for a whole host of things in order to expedite payment and all of it was all paid for by the police fund. The city has made that clear."
Fairness was on the mind of democratic hopeful Christopher Dodd.
The senator for Connecticut spoke at Google's Mountain View headquarters this morning part of that companies town hall series with the presidential candidates.
Dodd challenged Google to stop cooperating with the Chinese government requests to censor Internet search results in China. Dodd's campaign didn't tell ABC7 about his appearance until after he made those remarks.
A couple of months ago, Congressman Barbara Lee attended a Hillary Clinton event in Oakland. Today, Barbara Lee officially endorsed her choice for president and it is Senator Barack Obama.
Lee says she' was courted by Clinton but her decision was a matter of conscience.
And speaking of Obama, this past weekend his campaign events in Iowa New Hampshire and South Carolina broke records because Oprah Winfrey campaigned for him.
In South Carolina 28,000 showed up -- the largest campaign event for any candidate so far this season.
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to be in San Francisco and former senator mike gravel will speak in San Jose.
