Trump's legal team to include Starr, Dershowitz
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump plans to tap two longtime lawyers on Friday to lead his impeachment defense team–White House Counsel Pat Ci poll one and private attorney Jay Sekulow – as well as well- known attorneys who have often defended him on television.
The latter group is expected to include Alan Der show itz,a noted Harvard law professor; Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel who prosecuted the President Bill Clinton impeachment case, and Robert Ray, who replaced Starr as independent counsel during the last year of the Clinton presidency.
An official confirmed the planned appointments, speaking on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement is expected later Friday.
The team will work to defend Trump against the impeachment allegations.
The president was impeached Dec .18 on two articles: obs tructi on of Congress and abuse of power. The allegations stem from Trump' s request that Ukraine investigate U.S. political rivals, including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who had business interests in the country.
Impeachment investigators also said Trump held up military aid to Ukraine as well as a White House meeting until it complied with the request to investigate Bid en and others. In addition, House Democrats alleged the White House' s refusal to give testimony and documents resulted in obstructing Congress.