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Trump’s defence team in disarray

Former US President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with the two lead lawyers working on his defence for his Senate impeachment trial, a source familiar with the situation said, leaving Trump’s legal strategy in disarray. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barberi, two South Carolina lawyers, are no longer on Trump’s team, the source said. The source described the move as a “mutual decision”. Three other lawyers associated with the team, Josh Howard of North Carolina and Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris of South Carolina, also parted ways with Trump, another source said. A third source said Trump had differences with Bowers over strategy ahead of the trial. The former president is still contending that he was the victim of mass election fraud in the November 3 election won by Joe Biden