Lawmaker: Giuliani should return speaking fee

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A state lawmaker wants former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to return the $100,000 fee he received to speak at a tsunami relief fund-raiser.

Giuliani donated $20,000 from the fee to the event’s tsunami relief fund – twice the amount requested by the benefit’s sponsor, the South Carolina Hospital Association.

But Rep. Tracy Edge said the full fee should be returned because the Feb. 9 speech in Columbia was publicized as a charity event.

“Nowhere was it disclosed that Mayor Giuliani was being paid for his appearance,” Edge said.