Then-President Donald Trump visits Harlingen, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021
The lawyer who will defend former President Trump in the congressional impeachment case says he will do his duty and is not concerned about what the media says or what others think.
“That’s my position. That’s what I’m supposed to do. It’s entirely up to the rule of law in the Constitution,” Trump’s defense attorney, Karl “Butch” Bowers of South Carolina, told The Washington Post, adding that he “doesn’t worry about what other people think ” and was not concerned about media coverage of the impeachment of Trump.
Bowers said, “You’ll see our case when we present it. I think the facts and the law will speak for themselves.”
Bowles did not elaborate on what his defense of Trump would entail. He said there will be plenty of Time to prepare a defense. The Senate trial is still two weeks away.
Veteran political attorney Bowles, 55, recently took over as defense for the Trump impeachment case as a leading member of the legal team. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told The Washington Post that Bowles is a “competent and professional” lawyer. He was special counsel for voting matters at the U.S. Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration. Bowles was also legal counsel to then-Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona during the 2008 presidential election.
Recently, another new attorney joined Bowles. Wallace Lightsey, president of the American Trial Lawyers Association, confirmed that former federal prosecutor and defense attorney Deborah Barbier has also been hired to join the team defending Trump, according to the Associated Press.
After protesters broke into Congress on Jan. 6, Democrats blamed the incident on then-President Trump and launched a second impeachment case against him in the House of Representatives, with the proposal going to the Senate this week and a formal Senate session set for the week of Feb. 8. To pass the case, the Senate needs 67 votes to concur, which means 17 Republicans need to support the Democrats’ proposal.
On Jan. 26, 45 Republican senators voted in Congress against moving forward with the impeachment, saying that an impeachment trial would be unconstitutional because Trump is now out of office. The proposal in question made it to the Senate floor 55-45, but the initial vote means it may not pass on the ballot next month on the 8th.
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