Trump's lead lawyers leave defence team

The reason for the disagreement between Trump and his attorney is that he remains determined to continue defending the hypothesis of massive fraud during the presidential elections rather than focusing on the legality of prosecuting an outgoing president.

AFP

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 impeachment 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 disagreements 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 Democrat Joe Biden winning, instead of focusing on the legality of suing an outgoing president, 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 adviser, 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.

Trump's trial on charges of "incitement to revolt" will begin on February 9, after his supporters stormed Congress on January 6.

But with only five Republicans and the 50 Democrats in the Senate agreeing to go ahead with the trial, it is likely that the required two-thirds majority, or 67, will not secure that.

Conversely, blaming Trump, a less severe measure of exclusion, requires a vote of no fewer than 10 Republican senators to adopt, which some believe is possible.

That could allow Trump to run for the presidency again in 2024, a prospect that a large portion of Republicans now support despite the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump extremists in an attempt to nullify the election results.

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