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Former US president Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation say.
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Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, are no longer with Mr Trump’s defence team.
One of the people described the parting as a “mutual decision” that reflected a difference of opinion on the direction of the case.
Both insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
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