A House Republican staff lawyer who led President Donald J. Trump’s early defense against his first impeachment in 2019 recommended one of the lawyers who Mr. Trump hired over the weekend to represent him in his second trial, a person familiar with the decision said. The two lawyers know each other well; they are cousins.
New York Times: The cousin of a lawyer who helped defend Trump is hired for the trial
A campaign sign for U.S. President Donald Trump lies beneath water in the Capitol Reflecting Pool, near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9, 2021, in Washington, DC.
