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Trump’s Lawyers Split Over Mar-a-Lago Case

September 30, 2022 at 2:21 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After attorney Christopher Kise accepted $3 million to represent Donald Trump in the FBI’s investigation of government documents stored at Mar-a-Lago, the veteran litigator argued that Trump should adopt a new strategy,” the Washington Post reports.

“Turn down the temperature with the Department of Justice, Kise — a former Florida solicitor general — counseled his famously combative client… But quiet has never been Trump’s style — nor has harmony within his orbit.”

“Instead, just a few weeks after Kise was brought aboard, he finds himself in a battle, trying to convince Trump to go along with his legal strategy and fighting with some other advisers who have counseled a more aggressive posture. The dispute has raged for at least a week, Trump advisers say, with the former president listening as various lawyers make their best arguments.”

USA Today: Judge gives Trump more time to challenge Mar-a-Lago documents.

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