Headline Roundup January 31, 2021

5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The legal team set to defend former President Donald Trump has reportedly disbanded a little more than one week before Trump's impeachment trial. South Carolina attorneys Butch Bowers, who was to lead the team, and Deborah Barbier reportedly left the legal team on Saturday. Former federal prosecutors Greg Harris, Johnny Gasser and Josh Howard also left the following day, Fox News reported; it was purportedly a mutual decision over the direction of the defense argument. Trump was impeached by the House on Jan. 13 for “incitement of an insurrection" after his supporters breached the Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. The impeachment trial will begin on Feb. 9. New attorneys are expected to join Trump's defense this week. Coverage from across the spectrum analyzed the trail's potential outcome. Some right- and center-rated outlets highlighted Senate Republicans' claim that the trial is unconstitutional now that Trump has left office. Some left-rated outlets provided speculation as to the details of the argument between Trump's legal team and criticized GOP senators who defended Trump.

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Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP

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Former President Donald Trump's lies and his insistence that the November election was rigged against him may have turned out to be a bridge too far for the attorneys who were slated to defend him in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial in a little more than a week.

But his party has largely stuck with him. After a brief flirtation with reason and sound judgment in the weeks following the January 6 siege at the Capitol, the Republican Party has decided to honor their deep and often blind allegiance to...

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5 lawyers leave Trump impeachment team ahead of trial

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5 lawyers leave Trump impeachment team ahead of trial

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Butch Bowers, the lead attorney who was slated to represent former President Trump during his second impeachment trial in just more than a week, has left the legal team along with four other members, according to multiple reports.

Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). announced that Bowers, a South Carolina attorney, would act as the Trump legal team's "anchor" during the trial.

"I think [Trump’s] gonna have a good [legal team]," Graham said. "Butch Bowers I think will be sort of the anchor tenant. I’ve known Butch for a long...

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Trump, legal defense team part ways as Senate impeachment trial looms

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Trump, legal defense team part ways as Senate impeachment trial looms

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Former President Donald Trump and his legal team parted ways a little more than a week before his impeachment trial was scheduled to begin in the Senate on a charge that he incited the riot at the Capitol earlier this month, according to a report.

Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, noted for defending a slew of South Carolina politicians, pulled out of Trump’s team on Saturday, along with former federal prosecutors Greg Harris, Johnny Gasser and Josh Howard, Fox News reported on Sunday.

The report cited a source who said...

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