Exclusive: Two Trump lawyers considered a ‘murder-suicide pact’ where one would resign if the other was fired
Donald Trump’s legal team for months has weathered deep distrust and interpersonal conflict that could undermine its defense ofas the criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents and obstruction of justice at Mar-a-Lago nears its conclusion.
The turmoil has revolved around hostility among the lawyers on the legal team who have come to distrust each other as well as their hostility directed at Epshteyn, over what they regard as his oversight of the legal work and gatekeeping direct access to the former president. But an eventual attempt to remove Epshteyn from the case ended in failure, and Epshteyn remains a trusted member of Trump’s inner circle. The months of worsening relations that led to that moment were described to the Guardian by six people familiar with the situation.
The legal team, at the time, was composed of the former federal prosecutors Jim Trusty and Evan Corcoran – whose search for classified documents in response to a subpoena later proved incomplete – the formerTrump lawyers Jim Trusty and Lindsey Halligan leave a dinner at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.
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