The office of former President Donald Trump has announced that David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. now he will be in charge of the legal team for his second impeachment trial, a day after CNN first reported that five of his defenders had left and his team had effectively collapsed.
One breaking point with his former teammate was that Trump wanted his lawyers to focus on his election fraud claims rather than on the basis of condemning a former president.
Trump has struggled to find lawyers who are willing to take up his case because he refuses to bar him from his claims for election fraud which has been crucial.
Trump’s advisers have been talking to him about his legal strategy and will maintain election fraud to protect it, while he has again tried to steer it away from that, according to a source who is familiar with these conversations.
It is unclear whether Schoen and Castor will join what Trump wants.
“Schoen has already worked with the 45th President and other advisers to prepare for the forthcoming trial, and both Schoen and Castor agree that this impeachment is unlawful. – in fact a vote of 45 Senators agreed with last week, “the news says.
Some background: According to people familiar with the case, amid disagreement about his legal strategy, the five impeachment defense lawyers have gone.
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were expected to be two of the main substitutes, are no longer on the team. A source familiar with the changes said it was a decision for both to leave the legal team. As a senior lawyer, Bowers assembled the team.
Josh Howard, a North Carolina lawyer who was recently added to the team, is also gone, according to another source familiar with the changes. Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris, of South Carolina, are no longer involved in the affair.