Announced theyll include former independent counsel ken starr and the lawyer island of each. Table is on those in washington he says trump isnt taking any chances with his legal team. Trump is taking this very very seriously i mean these 2 lawyers that he brought in to be part of this team are celebrity lawyers that are very very well known in washington and have a long history in this city and really in the nation 1st looking at Alan Dershowitz a long time a law professor at harvard hes considered one of the preeminent constitutional lawyers in the u. S. Dershowitz is actually a democrat voted for Hillary Clinton however he has come out very strongly over the last 3 to 4 months or so even if before that saying that he believes that this impeachment trial is something that should not be pursued constitutionally and that there are no high crimes and socalled misdemeanors and so thats really caught trumps attention and i think thats probably why he brought dershowitz on his team also der
That these 7 members distinguished members have accepted this serious responsibility again to protect and defend for the people defending our democracy. Russias Prime Minister has stepped down in a move seen as paving the way for president Vladimir Putin to hold on to power when his term ends in 2024 Dmitri Medvedev says his resignation will allow for putin to introduce sweeping changes to the constitution during his state of the nation address putin proposed an increase in parliaments power as well as an enhanced role for the state council donahoe reports it was dramatic and entirely unexpected except that just hours before the resignation of russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire government the president Vladimir Putin had called for government change. But i would list that as hes given. We as the government of the Russian Federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary changes to the political system. In the annual liv