Lead attorney for Donald Trump impeachment trial leaves team: Report

The attorney leading former US President Donald Trumps upcoming Senate impeachment trial has left the latters legal team according to a media reportAn informed source and two attorneys close to the team confirmed to the Politico news outlet on Saturday that Butch Bowers a South Carolina lawyer was reportedly set to play a major role in the trial which is set to begin on February 8The source told Politico that another laywer Deborah Barbier was also no longer with the teamThe source added that the exits were a mutual decision and new names will be announced soonAlso on Saturday night a CNN reports said that a three other lawyers Josh Howard Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris have left the team as wellAccording to the CNN report the exits were due to disagreements over the defence strategyThe team members wanted to focus on the legality of the impeachment while Trump insisted on pushing narratives of election fraud the report saidOn January 13 the House of Representatives impeached Trump for a second time following the January 6 riots at the Capitol in Washington DC which took place after he addressed thousands of his supporters outside the building during which called for patriots to take a stand against the 2020 election resultsThe House has charged Trump with inciting an insurrection and threatening democracyUnder the impeachment process the Senate will hold a judicialstyle trial of Trump with the senators acting as jurorsIt is unlikely once again that Trump will be convicted in the upper chamber as the Democrats would need 17 Republicans to vote in a 5050 SenateSaturdays development comes after Rudy Giuliani Trumps personal lawyer confirmed earlier this month that he will not be a part of the impeachment trialIn a statement to The Hill news website on January 18 Giuliani also a former New York City Mayor said Due to the fact that I may be a witness the rules of legal ethics would prohibit me from representing the President as trial counsel in the impeachment trialAlong with Trump Giuliani had also addressed the supporters and called for trial by combatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever