Five of Trump's Impeachment Attorneys abruptly quit a week before his Senate Trial begins on Feb. 8th. Lead Attorney, Butch Bowers and Four other Lawyers he assembled for the Team walked out over a Disagreement about Trump's Defense Strategy and Legal Fees. Trump, who is Charged with inciting the Deadly Jan. 6th Capitol Riot, was "livid" after Bowers told him that the Legal Effort would cost $3 Million.
Trump and Bowers initially agreed that the Bowers would be paid $250,000. But that Fee did Not include Additional Costs for the Lawyers, Researchers, and other Legal Fees. Trump was "infuriated" after Bowers told him the Total Budget would be $3 Million, though he ultimately haggled the Attorney down to $1 Million while Planning to use his Political Action Committee to pay for "audiovisuals, a rapid-response team, and legislative liaison."
The Disagreement over the Cost of the Defense contributed to existing "frustrations" among Bowers and the other Attorneys after Trump pushed them to argue without Evidence that there was Widespread Election Fraud. The Attorneys intended to Argue that trying a Former President was Unconstitutional.
But Trump was Impeached when he was President, and just the Trial was happening after he was no longer the President, and this has happened before, in U.S. History.
Trump Adviser, Jason Miller, said "these guys are no longer relevant," referring to the Lawyers that Quit. "We have our lawyers in place, we have a solid team, and we're looking ahead," he said.
Trump announced that Attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor would Represent him at the Trial.
Democrats say the Constitution does Not Allow former Presidents to escape Trial simply due to the Timing of an Impeachable Offense.
"It makes no sense whatsoever that a president, or any official, could commit a heinous crime against our country and then defeat Congress' impeachment powers — and avoid a vote on disqualification — by simply resigning, or by waiting to commit that offense until their last few weeks in office," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said last week.
House Impeachment Managers echoed that Sentiment in a Brief filed on Tuesday, arguing that Trump was "singularly responsible" for Fomenting the Assault on the Capitol after he "summoned a mob to Washington, exhorted them into a frenzy, and aimed them like a loaded cannon down Pennsylvania Avenue."
"If provoking an insurrectionary riot against a Joint Session of Congress after losing an election is not an impeachable offense," the Brief said, "it is hard to imagine what would be."
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