$3 Million Attorney Seeks Gentler Path On Mar-A-Lago Case, But Trump Isn't Having It
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High-profile Florida lawyer Chris Kise has been largely sidelined after accepting a staggering $3 million advance to represent Donald Trump because he backs a more measured legal strategy, according to a Friday report in The Washington Post.
Just a few weeks prior, there was much fanfare when Kise joined Trump's legal team; however, he soon vanished without a trace.
After the FBI seized White House records at Trump's Florida resort Mar-a-Lago in August, he was reportedly paid to represent the former president by the Save America political action committee, not by Trump. But as of Wednesday night's filing in the Justice Department case, Kise did not seem to be involved.
According to sources who spoke to the Post, he is doing this to ease tensions with the department in the dispute over the documents.
Kise reportedly advised his new client, who wasn't receptive to the advice, that perhaps prosecutors could be persuaded to settle the matter quickly and quietly now that officials have the records. Infighting among Trump's legal team attorneys has persisted for at least a week amid the uproar, according to the Post.
According to sources for the newspaper, Kise, a former solicitor general, has subtly questioned the judgement and expertise of some team members. He reportedly worries that they might already be making matters worse for Trump and might even find themselves in legal trouble.
Kise doesn't seem to be moving forward very much with Trump or the legal team. His name wasn't even on the document that Trump's lawyers filed on Wednesday, in which they vehemently questioned the Justice Department's integrity and motivations.
Kise is still a member of the group and might continue to assist Trump with his other legal issues. However, the Post claims that he will likely play a less noticeable part in the conflict at Mar-a-Lago.
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