Former President Donald Trump has named his impeachment lawyer. The lawyer will be South Carolina-based attorney Butch Bowers.
The news was reported by Senator Lindsey Graham.
Confirmed that Graham said this on the call. Trump’s other lawyers had all bowed out. https://t.co/9bVCvdtjjq
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 21, 2021
According to Business Insider:
South Carolina-based attorney Butch Bowers will represent former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the US Senate.
Sen. Lindsey Graham made this announcement on a call with GOP senators on Thursday, Punchbowl News reported.
Bowers, who runs his law practice out of Columbia, South Carolina, has a long history of representing elected officials and political candidates on governmental and election law matters, according to the Bowers Law Office’s website.
He’s previously served as counsel to former South Carolina Govs. Nikki Haley and Mark Sanford, and has also represented former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and the South Carolina State Election Commission in litigation over voter ID laws.
It has been reported that the House could send over the article of Impeachment as early as Friday by no official announcement has been made.
