Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
Trump appeared in court Tuesday flanked by four lawyers: Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn.
Blanche, the newest member of the team, is a veteran white collar criminal attorney and former federal prosecutor who was a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City’s oldest law firm. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post he recently resigned from the firm to represent Trump.
He joined after spending several years representing high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
He led the team at Cadwalader that defended Paul Manafort, Trump’s disgraced former campaign chair, in a financial crimes case brought by Bragg’s predecessor. He also represented Igor Fruman, a key player in the events leading to Trump’s first impeachment who helped dig up dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and represents his co-counsel Epshteyn, a lawyer and senior adviser to Trump.
Before joining Cadwalader, Blanche spent nearly a decade with the Justice Department as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he handled a range of investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, financial fraud and violent crimes.
Necheles has represented Trump in Bragg’s investigation. Like others, she’s not entirely new to Trumpworld.
She was first hired a couple years ago to represent the Trump Organization in the tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In those proceedings, she not only defended the company but fought to deflect blame from Trump’s family, arguing in court late last year that Weisselberg was the true beneficiary of the company’s financial crimes.
In court, she rankled Merchan when she presented some testimony that had been stricken from the record, according to Politico. “It’s problematic, and I don’t fault the people for being upset about this,” Merchan said, prompting an apology from Necheles.
Necheles, who runs her own private firm, specializes in representing individual clients and corporations in investigations. Aside from the Trump Organization, some of her noteworthy clients have included a Genovese crime family underboss and a former donor for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), who was convicted of bribing high-ranking New York police officials in exchange for special favors.
Tacopina started representing Trump earlier this year and quickly became known for his brash TV interviews.
As indictment loomed, Tacopina made the rounds on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC, laying out the legal team’s defense and making questionable characterizations about the case. He also contradicted Trump’s claim that the judge has a personal grudge against him, saying this week that he had “no interactions with the judge that would lead me to believe he’s biased.”
Tacopina is also representing Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who has accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s.
After an early-career stint in the district attorney’s office, Tacopina made a name for himself representing celebrities in civil and criminal matters. His clients have included Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Washington Commanders and team owner Daniel Snyder and rapper Meek Mill.
Epshteyn is a former White House staffer and one of Trump’s most influential advisers. A college friend of Trump’s son, Eric Trump, Epshteyn trained as a lawyer and has worked as an investment banker and political strategist. He has counseled Trump on how to respond to the raft of investigations the former president is facing, despite a lack of relevant experience in criminal law.
