President Trump's Senate trial defense team is expected to be joined by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, Bill Clinton-era independent counsel Kenneth Starr and Robert Ray, who succeeded Starr.
in next week's Senate trial – White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and private attorney Jay Sekulow – and added other well-known attorneys who have often defended him on television.
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 Biden and others. In addition, House Democrats alleged the White House's refusal to give testimony and documents illegally obstructed Congress' investigation.
Dershowitz also said that he is"non partisan" on this issue, and noted that he opposed Clinton's impeachment. He said he wants to defend Trump because he"believes the issues at stake go to the heart of our enduring Constitution" and wants"to prevent the creation of a dangerous constitutional precedent."Starr served as solicitor general and was considered a Supreme Court candidate during the presidency of George H.W. Bush.
Trump has been more complimentary of Starr in recent years, especially his criticisms of the House impeachment case.
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