Trump falls out with his lawyers

FORMER United States president Donald Trump has reportedly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial.

Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, have left the defence team, apparently reflecting a difference of opinion on the direction of the case.

Mr Trump is set to stand trial on the week of February 8 on a charge that he incited the riot inside the US Capitol in Washington DC last month.