A former staff member of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has signed on to fight special counsel Jack Smith in the battle to keep former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case dead, court records show. Washington D.C. attorney Kendra Wharton Thursday filed notice in the 11th Circuit appeals court that she will represent Trump as Smith contests a controversial dismissal ruling from Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by the former president. Emil Bove, an attorney who has previously defended Trump in both his classified documents and hush money cases, also filed an app…