Former president Donald Trump has added an attorney from New York City’s oldest law firm to the legal team that will defend him in a criminal prosecution in Manhattan, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Todd Blanche, a white-collar criminal defense lawyer, was most recently a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The people familiar with the hire, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it, said he resigned from the firm to represent Trump, as
Parnas then turned on Trump, giving evidence to Congress and doing a series of public interviews about his and Fruman’s work with Giuliani. Fruman remained silent, however, and with Blanche’s help, ultimately pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations unrelated to his work for Trump., a former Trump campaign chair, in a financial fraud case brought by District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., Bragg’s predecessor.
Chris Kise, a former Florida solicitor general who was given a $3 million retainer fee last year, has largely been relegated to a New York civil case after disagreements with other Trump lawyers.
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