Donald Trump hires new impeachment defence team after lead lawyers quit
by Tom McCarthy and Joanna Walters from US news | The Guardian on (#5DHRG)
Lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L Castor will head up new legal team after Butch Bowers clashed with Trump over strategy, according to reports
Donald Trump has named new lawyers to lead the defense at his impeachment trial in the Senate next week on the charge that he unleashed a deadly insurrection upon the US Capitol on 6 January. The announcement comes just a day after his previous team fell apart.
Trial lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L Castor will head up Trump's new legal team, the former US president announced on Sunday evening.
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