: :inin Kyiv (EET)

White House names Trump impeachment defence team


The White House has named a number of high-profile names to US President Donald Trump’s defence team, ahead of the start of the impeachment trial in the Senate next Tuesday.

The team defending the Republican president will be led by White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump private attorney Jay Sekulow, the White House said.

Trump adviser and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi and former independent counsel Robert Ray will also be on the team. The White House also said Jane Raskin, one of Trump’s private lawyers, and Eric Herschmann, another former independent counsel, would be on the president’s …read more

Source:: Gulf times

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