Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general and Jane Raskin will also join the team.
President Donald Trump will be represented by former Bill Clinton special prosecutors Kenneth Starr and Robert Ray, plus retired Harvard constitutional law professor Alan Dershowitz, at his Senate impeachment trial.
The three well-known attorneys will have specific speaking roles during the upcoming trial and serve as clean-up hitters behind White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Jay Sekulow, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Sekulow said.
Dershowitz has been an outspoken defender of Trump on conservative cable television throughout his presidency. Following last month’s House impeachment votes, he questioned the Democratic strategy of holding back transmitting the articles to the Senate and suggested Trump could take the controversy to the Supreme Court to have the charges tossed out on constitutional grounds.
Starr and Ray have also been prominent Trump defenders dating back to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, though they also on occasion in media interviews have suggested the president deserved the legal scrutiny he was getting.
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Trump’s floor team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who joined the White House as an adviser on impeachment last year, and Jane Raskin, a personal attorney for the president and former federal prosecutor who had a lead role in defending Trump in the Mueller probe.
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The three well-known attorneys will have specific speaking roles during the upcoming trial and serve as clean-up hitters behind White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Jay Sekulow, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Sekulow said https://t.co/lGrRMI6Djk
— POLITICO (@politico) January 17, 2020
Monica Lewinksy after Trump hires Clinton impeachment lawyer for defense team: "Are you f—ing kidding me?" https://t.co/FU3BGbsx4v pic.twitter.com/mNdWoTshm8
— The Hill (@thehill) January 17, 2020
The same Pam Bondi who works for lobbyist Ballard Partners, the firm whose name Lev Parnas (to her left) scribbled in his notes on Ritz Carlton Vienna stationary. https://t.co/TgORZ6GfKR
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 17, 2020
Yeah, this is dream team by the logic of 70-something Fox News watchers.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2020
Cannot believe it's possible to hire this calibre of representation without paying a nickel for it https://t.co/ONTYiTHuLN
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 17, 2020
Trump is a magnet for people desperate to remain relevant. Love Boat used to serve this purpose. https://t.co/dHRMuNMR5u
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 17, 2020
White House officials told me they were hoping Trump wouldn’t pick Alan Dershowitz to play a role in the Senate trial. They saw as unnecessary distraction given team was already strong and Dershowitz has controversial ties to Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/XgGWNxB6KN
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 17, 2020
Pam Bondi, one of @realdonaldtrump's impeachment lawyers, once accepted a $25K donation from Trump's charity (while another AG was investigating Trump University).
Trump paid a $2.5K fine for violating charity law.https://t.co/U6ySKDJTAF— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) January 17, 2020
Meh! Don’t know why he needs an all-star legal defense team. The fix is already in and Trump will be acquitted.
Sen. Ted Cruz, licking the boot that kicked him (and his wife) in the face.
— Rob Tannenbaum (@tannenbaumr) January 18, 2020
Alan Dershowitz tonight: "“I think it overstates it to say I’m a member of the Trump team… I’m not a full-fledged member of the defense team."
Hours later, White House releases formal statement announcing Trump's trial counsel. #2 on the list:
Alan Dershowitz— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) January 18, 2020
Depending on the severity, of course it is. https://t.co/f8wC5jWUEQ
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 18, 2020
Yes, this Pam Bondi—no relation to @josephabondy. #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers #TheyAllKnew https://t.co/qUSOOJs5pb pic.twitter.com/0aOOWaB2Fa
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 17, 2020
Shut up Ted and get a shave.
Alan Dershowitz: "I feel very strongly, I will make a strong argument against impeachment. But I'm not part of the regular team." pic.twitter.com/4anJjYBnOI
— The Hill (@thehill) January 18, 2020
Dershowitz says he's not taking money for work on Trump legal team https://t.co/1PQ2TCQKMm pic.twitter.com/ShubsL6S5H
— The Hill (@thehill) January 18, 2020
Robert Ray, a member of Trump's defense team, sits down with @MariaBartiromo. His first words:
"Thank you very much for all the appearances going back now many, many months. But for you, I don't know that I would have come to the president's attention." https://t.co/JKOvrZBfWm
— Will Saletan (@saletan) January 19, 2020
It really is a remarkable position: "If a foreign power invaded the U.S., and took a state out of the Union, Trump allowing it would not be impeachable offense." No wonder Trump chose him. https://t.co/bIt4IVreYP
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 19, 2020
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