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Ahead of his second impeachment trial next week, former President Donald Trump has tapped Bruce Castor, an attorney with a long, fractious history in Pennsylvania politics, to co-lead his defense team against charges of incitement of insurrection.
Throughout his career, Castor has shown a knack for finding the limelight, and a tendency to fill in for disgraced public officials.
Castor, a Republican, is a former Montgomery County district attorney and county commissioner who once pledged not to prosecute Bill Cosby with sexual assault, and had a brief but colorful stint as state attorney general after AG Kathleen Kane was convicted of multiple felonies.
Trump picks former Philly-area DA Bruce Castor to defend him at Senate impeachment trial
PHILADELPHIA Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. will lead former President Donald Trump’s defense team as his second Senate impeachment trial gets underway next week.
Trump made the announcement saying Castor will work alongside a new co-lead counsel, Alabama criminal defense lawyer David Schoen in a statement issued late Sunday night in which he lauded the new team for the significant “national profiles and significant trial experience” they will bring to his defense.
It came a day after it was disclosed that the former president had parted ways with his team of previous lawyers, who had been preparing for the proceedings for weeks.
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Bruce Castor, Donald Trump s New Impeachment Lawyer, Declined to Prosecute Bill Cosby
On 2/1/21 at 6:57 AM EST
Bruce Castor, one of the two attorneys picked by Donald Trump to represent him in his upcoming impeachment trial, declined to prosecute Bill Crosby on molestation charges in 2005. The other, David Schoen, met with Jeffrey Epstein in the final days of his life and says he does not believe his death was suicide.
Trump announced on Sunday that Castor and Schoen would head the legal team representing him when he appears before the Senate on February 8. Trump is set to answer charges relating to his alleged role in inciting the insurrection in Washington, D.C. on January 6 that led to the storming of the Capitol Building and the deaths of five people.
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Bruce Castor, former district attorney for Montgomery County. (Matt Rourke/AP, file)
Ahead of his second impeachment trial next week, former President Donald Trump has tapped Bruce Castor, an attorney with a long, fractious history in Pennsylvania politics, to co-lead his defense team against charges of incitement of insurrection.
Throughout his career, Castor has shown a knack for finding the limelight, and a tendency to fill in for disgraced public officials.
Castor, a Republican, is a former Montgomery County district attorney and county commissioner who once pledged not to prosecute Bill Cosby with sexual assault, and had a brief but colorful stint as state attorney general after AG Kathleen Kane was convicted of multiple felonies.