Probably to introduce Tom "Mr. Legitimate," to justify his presence at the meeting, and to verify that Michael had done things "correctly" by working through Turnbull:
This is my lawyer, TOM HAGEN; SENATOR GEARY. He's the one who arranged this whole thing through your man Turnbull.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.