Donald Trump has abruptly parted ways with lawyers working on his defence in an upcoming US Senate impeachment trial, throwing the former United States president’s legal strategy into disarray, news reports said.
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barberi, two South Carolina lawyers, are no longer on Trump’s team in a move described a “mutual decision”, sources told The Associated Press and Reuters news agencies.
Three other lawyers associated with the team – Josh Howard of North Carolina and Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris of South Carolina – also split with Trump, another source was quoted as saying.
A third source said Trump had differences with Bowers over strategy ahead of the trial. The former president still contends that he was the victim of mass voter fraud in the November 3 election won by President Joe Biden.