Trump's Elite Legal Team Shrinks Ahead of Key Appeals

Trump’s defense at Sullivan & Cromwell has been slimmed dramatically, with four of the five original partners leaving since April, leaving Robert Giuffra Jr. to lead multiple appeals—including the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, the Manhattan hush-money criminal conviction, and Letitia James’s civil fraud suit—as the firm plans to add new partners before upcoming brief deadlines.