Donald Trump Advisers Worry Over Legal Team Civil War: “It’s All Coming to a Head”

Trump Lawyer Job Opening • Hillary Clinton Laughs • McCarthy’s Détente [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump Advisers Worry Over Legal Team Civil War: “It’s All Coming to a Head” Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Donald Trump [pleaded not guilty]( to 37 felony counts Tuesday in a Miami federal courthouse over his handling of classified documents. Gabriel Sherman [reports]( on the Lord of the Flies–like drama unfolding within Trump’s legal defense team. Trump advisers tell Sherman they’re worried the chaos, which appears to revolve around lawyer Boris Epshteyn, could very well end with Trump losing his case. Relatedly, as Bess Levin [points out](, Trump’s search for a Florida-based trial lawyer isn’t going well. In need of a Trump indictment refresher? Levin [breaks down]( the most terrifying details—and the comedic gold—in the government’s case against Trump. Plus, if you’re wondering how Hillary Clinton is handling her former rival’s growing legal woes, Charlotte Klein [caught]( the ex-Democratic presidential nominee onstage at a live Pod Save America taping in Manhattan, which Klein described as nothing short of communal, unabashed schadenfreude. Thanks for reading! [Donald Trump Advisers Worry Over Legal Team Civil War: “It’s All Coming to a Head”]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [Some in Trumpworld are blaming Boris Epshteyn for dysfunction that could hamper the former president’s defense.]( [Read more button](   [The Laugh-Out-Loud Funniest—And Sh-t-Your-Pants Scariest—Details of the Case Against Trump]( By [Bess Levin]( [From stacking government documents next to the toilet to being caught on tape saying things like “This is secret information. Look, look at this,” there’s actually a lot of real comedy here. Less funny is the fact that a guy accused of violating the Espionage Act could still get off—and become president.]( [Read more button](   [Hillary Clinton’s Night of Schadenfreude Before Donald Trump’s Second Arraignment]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Clinton joined a live taping of Pod Save America, along with New York AG Letitia James, the night before Trump’s scheduled appearance at Miami federal court. The hosts brought Clinton a T-shirt: “Totally Impartial Potential Juror.”]( [Read more button](   [Trump Basically One Day Away From Hiring a Lawyer Who Advertises on the Side of a Bus to Defend Him]( By [Bess Levin]( [The indicted president is struggling to find attorneys willing to be associated with him.]( [Read more button](   [Far-Right Hard-Liners to Kevin McCarthy: Don’t Get Too Comfortable]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The House Speaker seems to have tamped down a debt-deal protest from the faction that shut down House action for days. But “perhaps we’ll be back here next week,” Matt Gaetz warned, if McCarthy doesn’t satisfy the right-wingers’ demands.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast