The trial starts February 9

Trump hires two new lawyers to defend him in his impeachment trial

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Former US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of two new lawyers to defend him in his impeachment trial, which is scheduled to start on February 9, a day after US media confirmed that five of his lawyers withdrew from the case, after disagreements over the mechanism that the defense team should adopt.

In a statement, Trump said: "The two distinguished defense lawyers: David Shawn and Bruce L. Castor will lead the defense team."

Castor works, especially in criminal law, and Sean specializes in "civil rights trials in Alabama and federal criminal defense in New York, including administrative personnel cases, and other complex cases."

Sean had previously cooperated with Trump's defense team, and both men believed that "isolation is unconstitutional," as the statement said.

Trump hopes that his lawyers will continue defending the hypothesis of massive fraud in the presidential elections, which led Democrat Joe Biden to the White House, instead of focusing on the legality of open prosecutions against an outgoing president, as reported by CNN.

Trump is facing an accusation of "incitement to rebellion", after his supporters stormed the Congress building on January 6, but it is likely that the majority of 67 votes (i.e. two-thirds) will not be achieved in the Senate, which is necessary to continue the trial, because only five Republican senators are ready to join the 50 Democratic senator, to support the permissibility of the trial.

In addition, 10 Republican senators in the US Congress urged President Joe Biden to reduce the $ 1.9 trillion package of recovery from the effects of "Covid-19", in order to gain bipartisan support.

This comes as Democrats in Congress prepare to go ahead with the Biden plan this week.

The director of the National Economic Council and senior White House economic advisor, Brian Deiss, indicated that Biden was willing to discuss the views of Republican senators, who had proposed reducing the package to $ 600 billion, but said that Biden was not prepared to back down from his plan to enact a comprehensive law to address the public health crisis And its economic repercussions.

It is not clear whether the efforts of the 10 members will change the plans of Democrats in Congress to enact the law in the coming days.

Biden and the Democrats are seeking to take advantage of their control of the House and Senate, to move quickly toward Biden's main goal, which is to address the pandemic.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will begin work this week.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress will complete a preliminary step in this regard before the end of the week.

Congress approved a $ 4 trillion package for relief from the effects of "Covid-19" last year.

Passing the law will not only affect affected Americans and companies, but it will also be an early test of Biden's pledge to work to bridge the partisan divide.

Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, and seven others said, in a letter to Biden, that they would later reveal their legislative proposal to address the Coronavirus crisis.

Some Republicans, who have lost control of the Senate, questioned the cost of the plan, while others urged more targeted action.

"Our proposal reflects many of your stated priorities, and with our support, we believe that this plan could gain rapid approval in Congress with the support of it," the group said in the letter, which also included the signatories: Bill Cassidy, Shelly Moore Capito, Todd Young, Jerry Moran, and Michael Rounds. Bipartisan ».

Rob Portman, who has declared that he will not seek to run again in the 2022 election, has signed the letter saying the group wishes to work in good faith with the new administration.

The letter did not give precise details, but said that their plan reflects Biden's call for more funding to support vaccination and screening campaigns, in addition to supporting schools and childcare centers, but added that the plan will include more aid directed at needy families, and additional funding for small businesses.

Moderate Republicans urge Biden to scale back the recovery package from the effects of "Covid-19".

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