Trump Legal Adviser Boris Epshteyn to Take Limited Role Amid Widening Investigations

Boris Epshteyn, one of Donald Trump's top advisers, may be taking a more limited role related to investigations by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
Epshteyn will still work for Trump but is unlikely to continue to work directly with some of the outside counsel handling the pair of criminal probes into Trump's possible mishandling of classified documents at his Florida home and key aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack probe.
Other lawyers have threatened to quit if they had to continue reporting to Epshteyn, and many of Trump's other lawyers have questioned Epshteyn's judgment and legal advice.
Epshteyn faces his own legal headaches, including having his cellphone seized by federal agents with court-authorized search warrants last year as a part of the investigation into the Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump is facing a slate of criminal and civil investigations, including a parallel criminal probe related to the 2020 election in Georgia and a lawsuit against Trump over his business dealings set to go to trial in October.