Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani didn’t feel he was “necessary” to President-elect Trump’s Cabinet and turned down two different roles offered to him, he said Tuesday.

Speaking on CNN, Giuliani said he pulled himself out of consideration for secretary of state and other Cabinet-level positions in late November in order to focus on his consulting business.

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