Trump's lawyers drop his defense days before his trial
A number of lawyers in the defense team of former US President Donald Trump abandoned their mission to defend him a few days before his trial in the Senate as part of his removal mechanism, according to CNN and other US media outlets on Saturday.
The TV channel quoted unidentified sources as saying that five lawyers, including two who were supposed to lead the billionaire Republican agents' team, retreated from his defense after disputes over legal strategy.
CNN stated that Trump wanted his lawyers to continue defending the hypothesis of massive fraud during the presidential elections that led to the victory of Democrat Joe Biden, instead of focusing on the legality of suing a president whose term had expired, indicating that the former president was unwilling to Discuss it.
The channel pointed out that among these lawyers were Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were supposed to head the defense team for Trump.
"CNN" and other media quoted them as saying that the decision "came from both sides."
And Jason Miller, a Trump advisor, confirmed in response to this press information, in a tweet, "We worked a lot, but we have not made a final decision about our legal team, we will do so soon."
Trump's lawyers ’decision, which has been reported to be making arduous efforts to prepare his defense before his historic second trial, places new obstacles just days before the start of the trial.
Yet even with a legal team in disarray it appears increasingly likely to escape conviction.
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