Former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise, who worked under politicians Charlie Crist and Ron DeSantis, has joined Trump's legal defense team.
His profile page on the firm's website has since been removed. An unnamed source at the firm confirmed to Reuters that Kise, formerly a partner at the Tallahassee office, withdrew from the firm.Kise previously made news by releasing information that incriminated DeSantis' 2019 Democratic gubernatorial opponent, Andrew Gillum.
"Chris is a 360-degree lawyer: appellate, civil, criminal, state and federal—he can do it all," former Senator George LeMieux, who was Crist's chief of staff when he was attorney general, told NBC News.
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