Days Before Impeachment Trial, Trump Names New Lawyers
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Trump Names New Impeachment Legal Team, After Old One Walked
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Just one day after CNN first reported that five members of former President Trump’s defense team had departed, his office announced that David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. will now head the legal team for his second impeachment trial.
Trump faces an article of impeachment charging incitement of insurrection, and the trial is slated to begin next month after Senate leaders agreed to wait until Feb. 9 to give the former president enough time to form a defense.
Schoen, a federal criminal defense lawyer, called it “an honor” to represent Trump “and the United States Constitution” in a press release. Castor, the former acting attorney general in Pennsylvania, similarly labeled his joining the team “a privilege.” “The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history,” Castor said. “It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always.”
The announcement by the Trump team said Mr. Schoen has already been working with Mr. Trump‘s advisers to prepare for the trial, due to begin Feb. 8.
“Both Schoen and Castor agree that this impeachment is unconstitutional a fact 45 senators voted in agreement with last week,” the statement said.
Mr. Schoen also made headlines in 2019 for meeting with accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, days before Epstein died in prison, to discuss his case.
The announcement of the former president’s new legal team comes after Mr. Trump parted ways with South Carolina lawyers Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were preparing to represent him in the Senate trial. People familiar with the separation said it was a mutual decision.