According to the LA Times ?
Trump has the ‘B’ team handling his defense against Mueller’s best….
An unlikely trio — a law professor, a part-time local prosecutor and a lawyer focused on advocating conservative issues — is playing an increasingly central role in representing President Trump in the Russia investigation as he struggles to find top talent for his diminished legal team.
All three are connected to Jay Sekulow, Trump’s last remaining personal lawyer after John Dowd, a white-collar criminal defense attorney, resigned last week and other lawyers have declined to join up. Dowd had been leading negotiations with the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III about a possible presidential interview.
“With John’s departure, there’s obviously more on us,” Sekulow said.
Trump has been hunting for another defense attorney, but he’s been turned down several times. Two other lawyers who were announced just last week as joining his team, the husband-and-wife duo of Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing, dropped out on Sunday, citing conflicts with other clients.
The developments have elevated Sekulow, who’s best known as an advocate for conservative religious causes at the American Center for Law and Justice, to the central figure in the president’s defense strategy…..