Trump adds five new campaign advisers as he attempts to find attack lines against Harris

Trump campaign veterans Corey Lewandowski and Tim Murtaugh join circle with roughly 80 days to election.

Donald Trump expanded his circle of senior campaign advisers to include five new operatives on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.

The move comes as he attempts to reset the race and find effective attack lines against Kamala Harris with roughly 80 days until the 2024 election.

The former president moved over Taylor Budowich, Alex Pfeiffer and Alex Bruesewitz from the Trump-aligned Maga Inc political action committee, as well as previous Trump campaign veterans Corey Lewandowski and Tim Murtaugh.

The new additions are coming onto the Trump campaign as senior advisers, meaning they are lateral hires to a campaign still being run by co-campaign chiefs Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, the people said.

Lewandowski previously ran the 2016 campaign but does not have the same role again. He has remained an informal adviser to Trump since the first presidential campaign, and will continue that function but in a more formal capacity through the final stretch to November, one of the people said.