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(Trends Wide) — Former President Donald Trump spent the day before his appearance in Miami speaking with potential candidates for his legal team as he is privately pushing for his legal team to take a more aggressive stance against the Justice Department, sources told Trends Wide.
Trump arrived in Miami, unhappy about being indicted but pleased that the charges are being filed in South Florida and not Washington, which he considered a positive development for him. Miami-based attorney Benedict Kuehne, whom Trump has been considering adding to his legal team for the past week, was seen at Trump National Doral Monday as Trump spoke to multiple potential candidates, sources familiar with the search told Trends Wide. .
Whether the matter is resolved at Tuesday’s arraignment remains to be seen, but Trends Wide reported that his attorney Todd Blanche will take the lead. Blanche has only been a member of Trump’s legal team for just over two months. Blanche was most recently a partner at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and has previously represented former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Igor Fruman, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani who was also a key figure in Trump’s first impeachment trial.
After his legal team received the letter from special counsel Jack Smith last Friday, Trump expressed some interest in speaking before the grand jury, a person familiar with the matter told Trends Wide, though it’s unclear how seriously he was willing to take it. do it.
As Trends Wide reported, Justice Department regulations allow prosecutors to notify subjects of an investigation that they have become a target. Those notifications are not mandatory, but prosecutors have the discretion to notify subjects that they have become a target. Once informed, the defendant has the opportunity to present evidence or testify before the grand jury if he wishes.
Trump ultimately did not.
