President Donald Trump has hired the elite white-shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to appeal his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case. The most prominent member of Trump's new legal team is Robert Giuffra, the firm's co-chair. Four other Sullivan & Cromwell attorneys, all of whom are former Supreme Court clerks, will also work on the case, according to two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss it publicly. Those attorneys are James McDonald, Morgan Ratner, John Wall and Matthew Schwartz. Read the latest |