Trump Lawyers Rotate Among Inner Circle as Legal Woes Mount

  • Newest lawyers also represent Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro
  • Mar-a-Lago search highlights Trump’s growing legal exposure
Matthew Evan Corcoran, attorney for Steve Bannon, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C., on July 11.Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg
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As the legal risks facing Donald Trump and his inner circle continue to expand, the former president and key allies have been playing round robin with a small pool of defense lawyers.

Trump’s legal matters are multiplying -- the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate Monday as part of an investigation into whether presidential records, including classified material, were mishandled -- and he’s pulling from a cadre of lawyers in his orbit with proven conservative bona fides or a track record of representing people loyal to him.