Trump cannot resist basing impeachment defense on election fraud claims

Published January 28, 2021 11:30am ET



Former President Donald Trump’s choice of an impeachment lawyer suggests he may be preparing to relitigate his claims of a stolen election during his Senate trial, according to legal experts and former White House advisers.

Last week, it emerged that Trump had retained Butch Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, as he prepares to fight an “incitement to insurrection” impeachment charge.

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