Monday, 01 February 2021 _Former US President Donald Trump has announced he had two new lawyers to lead the legal team for his second impeachment after his top lawyers left him just days before his trial is to begin.
Trump announced Sunday that David Schoen, who met with disgraced businessman and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein about representing him before his death, is now a member of his defense team.
“It is an honor to represent the 45th President, Donald J Trump, and the United States constitution,” Schoen, who was already helping the former president prepare for the Senate trial, said in a statement.
The other new lawyer Trump has hired is Bruce L Castor Jr, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania, who declined to prosecute comedian Bill Cosby over accusations he drugged and molested a girl in 2004.
"The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history. It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always," said Castor, who served as district attorney for Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia, from 2000 to 2008.
Trump has struggled to find lawyers willing to take his case as he refuses to budge from his false claims of election fraud.
Five of his lawyers parted ways with his team because he wanted them to focus on those claims, rather than constitutional issues surrounding his impeachment trial set to begin on Feb. 9.
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