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They throw in the towel.
Ten days before the impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump, his lawyers have given up on defending him, CNN and other US media reported on Saturday.
Five of the New York billionaire's lawyers have given up on defending him after disagreements over how to proceed, the TV station said citing anonymous sources.
Two of the "captains" of the team of resigning lawyers
Donald Trump wanted his lawyers to continue arguing the thesis of massive presidential fraud, which led to the victory of Democrat Joe Biden, rather than focusing on the legality of prosecution of him. a president no longer in office, said CNN, specifying that the ex-president was reluctant to discuss it.
Among those resigning lawyers are Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were to lead Donald's defense team, the channel and other media reported.
"We have worked a lot, but we have not yet made a final decision on our legal team, we will do it soon," said on Twitter Jason Miller, adviser to Donald Trump, in response to this press information.
Towards a motion of censure?
The trial of Donald Trump for "incitement to insurgency", after the occupation of the Capitol on January 6 by supporters of the former president, is to begin on February 9.
But with just five Republican senators ready to join the 50 Democratic senators in considering the trial to proceed, the two-thirds majority required to go ahead, of 67 senators, is unlikely to be reached.
The vote of a motion of censure, less severe, requires the vote of at least ten Republican senators to have a chance of being adopted, which some consider however possible.
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