President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani will not be a part of Trump’s legal defense team in the upcoming impeachment trial. Giuliani said in a statement that because he may be called as a witness because of his involvement in Jan. 6th Capitol riot he cannot represent the President in the trial.

The Hill reports:

“Due to the fact that I may be a witness, the rules of legal ethics would prohibit me from representing the President as trial counsel in the impeachment trial,” Giuliani said in a statement to The Hill.

Giuliani previously told ABC that he was working on Trump’s impeachment defense prior to meeting with the president at the White House over the weekend. The former New York City mayor led Trump’s unsuccessful legal effort to overturn the election results late last year.

No announcements have been made on who will represent the president at the trial. Giuliani told The Hill earlier this month he would be willing to represent Trump at a Senate trial, as did Alan Dershowitz, the controversial celebrity attorney who was among those representing Trump at his first impeachment trial.

Some White House allies had privately expressed concerns about the prospect of Giuliani defending the president. Longtime Republican consultant Karl Rove said over the weekend that Trump was more likely to be convicted at a Senate trial if Giuliani defended him.

Last week, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump a second time making him the first president to ever be impeached twice. Before the pro-Trump protest turned violent Giuliani was among Republican supporters to deliver remarks on election integrity before President Trump’s speech.