Trump may have the money but Mueller has the brains. Just as in almost everything else Trump has touched, he seems to be in over his head with regard to his own personal defense in the Russian Probe. As a trial lawyer, I understand the importance of hiring well-qualified lawyers who have specific expertise in the relevant area of law. And Mueller has done just that.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who has been appointed Special Counsel for the Trump-Russia investigation has started hiring an unquestionably strong (possibly, unbeatable) team of lawyers. So far, this is his team.

James Quarles, an assistant special prosecutor who helped bring down Nixon as a member of the Watergate Special Prosecution team.

Andrew Weissmann, chief prosecutor from the Fraud Section of Justice Department who spent his career going after organized crime. He was the lead prosecutor on the Enron task force and he has prosecuted over 25 mob families including the Gambinos, the Colombos and Genoveses. He has a knack for flipping witnesses to testify against powerful people. Weissmann also prosecuted Trump’s business partner, Felix Sater.

Michael Dreeben, a top criminal law scholar who has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Former Solicitor General and Professor at Duke University School of Law, Walter Dellinger said “Michael is the most brilliant and most knowledgeable federal criminal lawyer in America, period.”

Aaron Zebley, a long time national security expert with a focus on cybersecurity who has worked in the FBI’s counterterrorism division and prosecuted Chinese espionage cases.

Lisa Page, an experienced Justice Department trial attorney who specializes in money laundering and organized crime. She has focused her career on Eastern European mob issues and money laundering.

Jeannie Rhee, a former deputy assistant attorney general and WilmerHale partner who is a white-collar crime specialist who focuses on representing people in government investigations.

Elizabeth Prelogar, former assistant to the US Solicitor General who was a former Supreme Court Clerk and Fulbright Scholar in Russia. In addition to being an excellent trial attorney, one of her key talents is that she speaks Russian.

“These are guys that have a particular skill set that seems uncomfortably close to a potential case against Donald Trump,” said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University. He added, these are prosecutors “who have not been timid in stretching the criminal code when it comes to prosecutions.”

Now, let’s look at Trump’s team.

Trump’s lead lawyer is Marc Kasowitz, a Wall Street civil litigator who has represented Trump before. He defended Trump in the Trump University fraud suit which ended in a $25 million settlement from Trump, the defamation suit against biographer Timothy O’Brien which was thrown out by a New Jersey judge in 2009, and an unfulfilled threat to sue the New York Times for libel with regard to its reporting of Trump inappropriately groping two women. He also represents Bill O’Reilly in the sexual harassment complaints against him. Kasowitz represents the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, as well as Russia’s largest state-owned bank on which Obama imposed sanctions. While there is no doubt that Kasowitz is a very good civil trial lawyer, he has minimal experience in federal criminal cases or politically charged Washington investigations.

Unfortunately for Trump, he can’t hire his favorite lawyer, Michael Cohen, who once defended Trump by stating that marital rape is perfectly legal and then threatened reporters if they wrote about it. Cohen has already been subpoenaed by the House Intelligence Committee due to his meetings with Trump’s former business partner, Felix Sater and a Ukrainian lawmaker who asked them to bring a pro-Russian peace deal for the Ukraine to the White House. The New York Times quoted Cohen saying that he gave the envelope containing the proposal to Mike Flynn.

Instead, Kasowitz will be relying on his partner, Michael Bowe. However, like Kasowitz, Bowe’s experience is limited to commercial litigation. And Bowe is known more for making TV appearances than court appearances.

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative, Christian-based social organization, and conservative activist with a radio call-in show, has also agreed to help. He has argued 12 cases in front of the Supreme Court including hearings of abortion rights and religious freedoms–topics that are not so relevant to Trump’s needs.

John Dowd, a veteran Washington lawyer who represented Senator John McCain on ethics charges in the late 1980’s during the Keating Five banking scandal and Governor Fife Symington when federal investigators were looking into his involvement in a failed savings and loan. He also led the Major League Baseball’s investigation into Pete Rose which resulted in Rose being banned from the sport for life for gambling. Dowd is the only attorney with a shred of the type of experience that Trump needs.

And it doesn’t look like Trump’s team is going to get much stronger. Prominent lawyers at major law firms who have the experience that Trump needs have declined to represent Trump for various reasons including Trump’s failure to follow attorney’s advice, Kasowitz’s leadership style, Trump’s payment history, and the effect representation of Trump would have on their firm’s reputation and ability to recruit top lawyers.

So let’s see–the former FBI director, a former Watergate prosecutor, a former Enron prosecutor and witness flipper, a national cybersecurity expert, the best criminal scholar (period), an expert in money laundering and organized crime, a lawyer who represents criminals and fraudsters, and a Russian specialist lawyer v. Marc Kasowitz, his media seeking partner, a civil liberties lawyer and a Washington defense lawyer. I think I’ll bet on the former.