U.S. political news website Politico reported on January 30 that the former U.S. President Trump lost his defense lawyer, South Carolina election and moral lawyer Butch Bowers, before Trump’s impeachment trial began.
It is reported that Powers will play an important role in the Senate trial of the former president, but he is no longer in Trump’s lawyer team.
Deborah Barbier, another lawyer from South Carolina, will not participate in the impeachment trial.
The source said it was a “joint decision” and that the new lawyer candidate would be announced soon.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on January 13 to pass an impeachment clause against Trump, accusing him of “sedition”.
With only one week left before Trump officially stepped down as President of the United States, he also became the first president in American history to be impeached by the House twice.
On the 26th, 100 senators of the Senate were sworn in to form a jury and officially took over the impeachment case.
In accordance with the previous agreement between the Democratic and Republican parties, the formal hearing, including the prosecution and defense, will start as soon as the week of February 8.
