FACTBOX-Trump's overlapping assortment of defense lawyers

Here are the main lawyers defending Trump: NEW YORK STATE HUSH MONEY CASE Trump was charged in April with falsifying business records to orchestrate hush money payments to a porn actress before the 2016 election. * Todd Blanche: A former federal prosecutor in New York and prominent white-collar defense lawyer, Blanche resigned from New York law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to represent Trump.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has assembled overlapping teams of lawyers as he balances mounting legal peril with his 2024 election campaign to return to the White House.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in each of the three cases he has been indicted. Here are the main lawyers defending Trump:

NEW YORK STATE HUSH MONEY CASE Trump was charged in April with falsifying business records to orchestrate hush money payments to a porn actress before the 2016 election.

* Todd Blanche: A former federal prosecutor in New York and prominent white-collar defense lawyer, Blanche resigned from New York law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to represent Trump. He has previously represented former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort and Igor Fruman, an associate of former New York Mayor and Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, in a campaign finance case. Blanche has also represented Trump legal and political adviser Boris Epshteyn. * Susan Necheles: A longtime New York criminal defense lawyer, Necheles was once counsel to Venero Mangano, an underboss for the well-known Genovese organized crime family. Necheles was on the team that defended the Trump Organization in a 2022 tax fraud trial.

MAR-A-LAGO US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith accused Trump in June of retaining sensitive national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after he left office and conspiring to thwart the U.S. government's attempts to retrieve them.

* Todd Blanche: Blanche is also one of the lead lawyers defending Trump in the documents case. * Christopher Kise: Kise was Florida solicitor general from 2003 until 2007 under then-state-Attorney-General Charlie Crist, who later became governor of the state. Kise also advised former Republican Governor Rick Scott, now a U.S. senator. Kise joined Trump's legal team shortly after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 as part of the documents probe. Kise is also representing Trump in a civil fraud case brought by the New York state attorney general, which is set to go to trial later this year.

* Stephen Weiss: Weiss was a lawyer at the Cadwalader firm who moved with Blanche when he left the firm to represent Trump. 2020 ELECTION CASE

Smith indicted Trump for a second time this month, this time over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Prosecutors charged Trump with defrauding the U.S. government and conspiring to deprive voters of their right to fair election by attempting to interfere in the counting of votes and prevent Congress from formally certifying the election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. * John Lauro: A longtime Florida criminal defense lawyer, Lauro joined Trump's defense team as it became clear that Smith was moving toward an indictment in the 2020 election portion of his probe. Lauro previously represented another Trump lawyer, Christina Bobb, in the documents investigation. He also defended former U.S. basketball referee Tim Donaghy, who admitted to betting on games that he officiated. Lauro told The New York Times in 2007 that he modeled his approach after famed lawyer Clarence Darrow, known for representing unpopular clients including teacher John Scopes in a famed 1920s trial over the teaching of evolution.

* Todd Blanche: Blanche appeared with Trump at his arraignment on Thursday in the 2020 election case. It's unclear how large of a role he will have given his work on the other cases. * Evan Corcoran: Corcoran is a former federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. who has worked as a civil litigator and white-collar defense lawyer. He represented former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon in a contempt of Congress trial in 2022. Corcoran represented Trump during the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation and was compelled by a judge to testify and turn over notes about his interactions with the former president, which were later featured prominently in the indictment against Trump. Corcoran stopped representing Trump in that probe, but continued to advise on the election case. He appeared at Thursday's arraignment, but did not sit at the defense table with the former president.

GEORGIA 2020 ELECTION CASE Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis has investigated attempts by Trump and his allies to interfere in the state's vote count following the 2020 election. A grand jury is expected to bring indictments in the coming days, and Trump may face charges from the probe.

* Drew Findling: Findling is a prominent Georgia-based criminal defense lawyer who has earned the nickname #BillionDollarLawyer for his past representation of hip hop stars including Cardi B and Gucci Mane. Findling had previously criticized Trump on social media, but was hired to defend the former president in the Georgia investigation in August 2022. * Marissa Goldberg: Goldberg is a partner at Findling's law firm who has worked on several legal challenges to Willis' investigation in recent months.

* Jennifer Little: Little is a former county prosecutor who now has her own Georgia-based criminal defense practice.

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