Trump has parted ways with his Lead Impeachment Lawyers just over a week before his Senate Trial is set to begin.
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina Lawyers, are no longer with Trump’s Defense Team. The Parting was a “mutual decision” that reflected a Difference of Ppinion on the Direction of the Case. Both insisted on Anonymity to discuss Private Conversations.
Josh Howard, a North Carolina Attorney, plus Greg Harris and Johnny Gasser, Former Federal Prosecutors from South Carolina, are also Off the Team.
The Upheaval injects fresh Uncertainty into the Makeup and Strategy of Trump’s Defense as he prepares to face Charges that he Incited the Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th.
Bowers and Barbier left the Team because Trump wanted them to use a Defense that relied on Allegations of Election Fraud, and the Lawyers were Not willing to do so.
Trump has struggled to find Attorneys willing to Defend him after becoming the First President in History to be Impeached Twice.
He is set to stand Trial the week of Feb. 8th on a Charge that he Incited his Supporters to storm Congress before the Counting of the Electoral Colllege Votes to Certify Biden as President,
After numerous Attorneys who Defended him previously Declined to take on the Impeachment Case, Trump was introduced to Bowers by one of his closest allies in the Senate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Bowers, a familiar figure in Republican Legal Circles, had years of experience representing Elected Officials and Political Candidates, including Former Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) against a Failed Impeachment effort that morphed into an Ethics Probe.
While Republicans in Washington had seemed eager to part ways with Trump after the Deadly events of Jan. 6th, they have since Eased Off of their Criticism, weary of Angering the Trump's Loyal Voter Base.
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