Posted on 01/10/21
| News Source: Times of Israel
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering appointing Rudy Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz as his defense lawyers if he faces an impeachment trial over his role last week’s deadly riot at the US Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters.
According to CNN, Trump’s personal attorney Giuliani, who called for the 2020 presidential election to be settled as a “trial by combat” while speaking at the rally before storming of the Capitol, is set to be on the team, while legal scholar Dershowitz, who has frequently backed Trump, is also being considered.
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“It would be my honor and privilege to defend the Constitution of the United States and the First Amendment against partisan efforts to weaponize the Constitution,” Dershowitz told CNN.
Giuliani declined to comment on the report.
Read more at Times of Israel.