'Running out of options': George Conway says Trump is struggling to find lawyers

Former President Donald Trump's immediate challenge is to find a legal team willing to represent him on federal charges involving his stashing highly classified military documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, conservative attorney George Conway told Molly Jong-Fast on the latest edition of the "Fast Politics" podcast.

"So, I want to ask you, as we are now in this sort of — the indictment is out, people have read it, it's 47 pages," said Jong-Fast. "Tuesday, he will go into the courthouse in Miami."

"Arraigned," said Conway. "He'll plead not guilty."

"Arraigned," echoed Jong-Fast. "He'll go in with his lawyers—"

"Well, if he has lawyers!" said Conway. "He's still got to find lawyers with security clearances. Well, I guess he could have someone without a security clearance for his initial appearance at the arraignment, but to actually defend the case and look at the documents, which you'd have to do if you were conducting a competent defense, is going to have to get somebody who's competent and has a security clearance. I don't know if he's going to be able to do that."

Trump, Conway added, is "running out of options" for legal representation.

The former president has cycled constantly through lawyers. They''re exacerbated by his reputation for refusing to pay his legal fees and being a "nightmare client." Some of Trump's key attorneys, including Jim Trusty, resigned Friday, just hours after the new indictment was announced.

Special counsel Jack Smith's move to file the charges in Florida instead of Washington, D.C. further complicated Trump's options, as he needs to find attorneys licensed to practice law in that state.