NEW: Former Pres. Trump is expected to head to Florida midday Monday ahead of his first appearance Tuesday before a federal judge regarding the 37 counts he faces, sources tell ABC News.
For the better part of the weekend, in addition to making two campaign trips in Georgia and North Carolina, the former president and his close allies have been working the phones in search of legal representation.
The hunt for new counsel comes after Trump's attorneys on this case, Jim Trusty and John Rowley, resigned on Friday -- just hours after Trump was informed of the indictment.Sources told ABC News it's unlikely Trump will have a full team set in time for Tuesday's court appearance, but he's expected to have attorney Todd Blanche, who is representing Trump in the Manhattan District Attorney's probe into hush money payments made to, by his side.
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