Trump adds 2 lawyers to defense team U.K.’s Captain Tom hospitalized with virus

Donald Trump announced Sunday a former county prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer with a background in civil rights work will lead his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys.

The two representing Mr. Trump will be defense lawyer David Schoen, a frequent television legal commentator, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania who was criticized for his decision to not charge actor Bill Cosby in a sex crimes case.

Both attorneys issued statements through Mr. Trump’s office saying they were honored to take the job.

“The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history. It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always,” said Mr. Castor, who served as district attorney for Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia, from 2000 to 2008.

Several South Carolina lawyers had been set to represent Mr. Trump at the trial, which starts the week of Feb. 8, but they abruptly parted ways with him over the weekend.

Tom Moore, the 100-yearold World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with COVID-19, his daughter said Sunday.

Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement posted on Twitter that her father, widely known as Captain Tom, has been admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed “additional help” with his breathing.

She said her father had been treated for pneumonia over the past few weeks and tested positive for the coronavirus last week. She said he is being treated in a ward, not in an intensive care unit.

Mr. Moore became an emblem of hope in the early weeks of the pandemic in April when he walked 100 laps around his garden in England for the National Health Service to coincide with his 100th birthday. Instead of the 1,000 pounds ($1,370) he hoped to raise, he brought in a stunning 33 million pounds ($45 million).

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July for his fundraising efforts.

2 arrests in attack on famous private eye

Two California men have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery that left famed San Francisco private investigator Jack Palladino on life support, police said Sunday.

Mr. Palladino himself may have inadvertently helped detectives make the arrests after photographs were recovered from a camera the suspects unsuccessfully tried to steal, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Mr. Palladino, who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political scandals, suffered a head injury in the violent attack Thursday.

Lawrence Thomas, 24, of Pittsburg, and Tyjone Flournoy, 23, of San Francisco, were jailed Sunday, police said. It wasn’t immediately known if they have attorneys.

Mr. Palladino, 76, remained unconscious but received news of the arrests from his wife and fellow private detective Sandra Sutherland on Saturday night.

“I said, ‘Guess what, Jack: They got the bastards, and it was all your doing,’ ” Ms. Sutherland told the Chronicle on Sunday.