Attorneys Michael van der Veen and Bruce Castor defended former President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial over allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 U
Trump s impeachment lawyer is representing an accused Capitol rioter after saying insurrectionists wrought unprecedented havoc, mayhem, and death ssheth@businessinsider.com (Sonam Sheth)
One of Trump s impeachment lawyers is now representing an accused insurrectionist, NPR reported.
It comes after he and Trump s other lawyers called rioters actions utterly inexcusable.
They also demanded the swift investigation and prosecution of those who stormed the building.
One of the lawyers who represented then President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial over the deadly Capitol riot is now representing an accused far-right extremist who was charged in the insurrection, NPR first reported.
During Trump s trial, attorney Michael van der Veen argued that the responsibility for the deadly siege fell squarely on those who actually took part in the insurrection, and not on the president.
By OLIVIA RUBIN, LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, and SOO RIN KIM, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — An attempted murderer, a state lawmaker, and multiple self-proclaimed white supremacists. As prosecutors begin preparing charges against those responsible for Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, profiles of the accused are coming into sharper relief. An examination of police affidavits and [.]