Who Is Chris Kise? Trump Hires Lawyer With Ties to Major 2024 Rival

Former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise, who was part of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ transition team, has reportedly accepted a role on former President Donald Trump’s legal defense team. The addition comes as the Department of Justice investigation into the trove of classified documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago continues. On Monday, the DOJ announced in a legal filing that it “identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information,“ which came after U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon alluded to potentially granting Trump’s request to bring in an outside “special master“ to oversee the review of FBI evidence. Kise has won four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple others before the Florida Supreme Court, according to NBC News. He previously worked for the law firm Foley & Lardner. His profile page on the firm’s website has since been removed. Newsweek reached out to the firm for confirmation. Kise pre