Trump has struggled to find legal aid for his second indictment, and some attorneys working on his first trial have said they will not do the same.
Bowers’ appointment was first announced by Trump ally and Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina. Bowers, a longtime Republican lawyer, represented the former government of South Carolina. Mark Sanford and Nikki Haley, and have experience in electoral law.
News agencies in South Carolina also named trial attorneys Greg Harris and Johnny Gasser as part of Trump’s indictment team, although tributes from Trump never officially confirmed who would represent the former president.
In a statement, Trump spokesman Jason Miller did not address the uncertainty surrounding the legal team, but rather spoke out against the accusation, pointing out that the vast majority of Senate Republicans voted that the conviction of a former president a is unconstitutional act – a conclusion that scholars disagree with.
“The Democrats’ attempts to prosecute a president who has already left office are completely unconstitutional and so bad for our country,” Miller said. ’45 Senators have in fact already voted that it is unconstitutional. We have done a lot of work, but have not yet made a final decision on our legal team, which will be taken soon. ‘
Trump has been indicted by the House for his insight into the January 6 uprising on the Capitol. However, it will take two-thirds of the Senate to convict him, a threshold that is unlikely to be met.
“I’m really shocked about this,” said Dick Harpootlian, a leading lawyer in South Carolina and a longtime Democratic official in the state who has led several cases against Bowers and knows him well. “These are honorable ethical advocates that I have been dealing with for many years.”
“To expect something to go without controversy and chaos would be too much to expect from this man,” Harpootlian said of Trump.