Emil Bove was the cochief of the national security unit at the US attorneys office for the Southern District of New York . Kendra Wharton a whitecollar defense lawyer who has experience practicing in Washington DC will also help the former presidents legal team with its defense . Trump is facing two federal indictments brought by special counsel Jack Smith as well as state criminal prosecutions in New York and Georgia . The pair adds to the extensive legal team the former president has put together . Trumps legal team has stayed relatively small in the past several months after he was removing his two top defense attorneys from the classified documents case . Jim Trusty and John Rowley resigned from his legal team in June . Rowley and Trusty soon resigned from their legal team entirely . Timothy Parlatore who played a key role in the MaraLago documents investigation and once testified before the grand jury also left Trumps Legal Team at the beginning of the summer also left his legal account at the start of this summer . Trump hired in April after being indicted in April . His legal team is now led by attorney Todd Blanche who Trump hired after the indictment in Manhattan in April and is joined by attorney John Lauro to defend Trump in the federal election interference case brought by the special counsel . In Washington Blanche is also joined by Attorney Chris Kise the former Florida solicitor general has also taken a prominent role in The MaraLago Documents Case . The former Florida Solicitor Chris KISE has also took a prominent position in the case . The case. The former president is also joining Trump in a federal case. In New York to defend Trumps. The attorney for the case. Trumps has also been indicted in Manhattan. Attorney Chris . Kise has also had a prominent. Attorney