Trump considers Giuliani and Dershowitz for the defense defense team

Dershowitz declined to comment on CNN, saying, “I’m not talking to CNN, I’m suing them. But he told Politico on Friday that it would be his “honor and privilege” to defend the president.

While the president’s indictment team is only now in the spotlight, it is becoming increasingly clear that it is likely that the primary members of the team will not join during his first indictment.

Constitutional Lawyer Jay Sekulow, White House Attorney Pat Cipollone and Attorney Jane Raskin are not expected to be involved in a second indictment. Cipollone has reportedly been considering resigning in recent days.

House Democrats plan to introduce their indictment resolution on Monday when the House will take next session. The latest draft of the indictment, obtained by CNN, contains one article of indictment for ‘inciting rebellion’. The House Rules Committee is expected to meet Monday or Tuesday to approve a rule that will discuss the debate for an indictment and the bill by Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin to create a new mechanism to call for the 25th Amendment.

But in a memorandum to fellow senators Friday, majority leader Mitch McConnell indicated that the Senate could take the earliest time to accept any articles of indictment by the House, likely after Trump’s term ended , and said the Senate could not consider the articles in the recess.

Two Republican lawmakers who are former Trump allies told CNN they would support the accusation against the president over his role in Wednesday’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol if the articles were reasonable. One member said: “I think GOP members will vote for accusation.”

GOP senator Pat Toomey – who does not stand for re-election in 2022 – told Fox News on Saturday that he did believe Trump had committed “unpredictable transgressions”, but did not say how he would vote if the article of the accusation after the Senate would not come.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, was the first Senate Republican to ask Trump to resign on Friday.

“I want him to resign. I want him to leave. He’s done enough damage,” Murkowski said in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News published Friday.

Sen. Ben Sasse, the Republican from Nebraska who was previously a critic of Trump’s rhetoric in the election fraud, told CBS Morning News he would consider any articles of accusation from the House.

This story has been updated with additional information.