Mr. McCormack pointed out that the dinner was not even intimate: 14 aides and six security guards were present.
The first, a private dinner the night before, was described as intimate by Mrs. Clinton's aides.
The Governor's aides have intimated that he doesn't recall any such conversation.
He has also said he stands by earlier denials that he did not have an intimate relationship with an aide, Cristyne Lategano-Nicholas, as his estranged wife suggested last Wednesday.
Three years ago, when Vanity Fair ran a nasty, anonymously sourced story claiming that his marriage was in trouble and that he was having an "intimate" relationship with an aide, he angrily denounced the story as "scurrilous" and "untrue," did not directly answer questions about the status of his marriage and said he'd have no more to say.
The two women hit it off and the temporary job became permanent, providing Mrs. Clinton with a top aide who is intimate with her signature issues, children and health care, and her latest cause, economic development for upstate New York.
And while a nurse's aide does perform intimate tasks -- bathing a patient, for example -- the analogy of race and sex has only limited application here, given the essential similarity of all human bodies.
Kirchner also hints that Nisman had an "intimate" relationship with one of his aides, Diego Lagomarsino, the man who also lent Nisman the.22-caliber Bersa that ended Nisman's life.
Photos released by the South Korean presidential office showed the two leaders embracing, shaking hands and holding intimate talks, accompanied by a single aide each.
It is more specific and intimate than gofer, a term applied to any aide ready to "go fer" coffee or do other menial tasks.
