预计将代表前总统的所有五名弹劾律师唐纳德·特朗普消息来源告诉美国广播公司新闻。
消息人士称，由南卡罗来纳州律师布奇·鲍尔斯(Buchbowers)领导的团队辞职，部分原因是对如何为特朗普辩护存在分歧。鉴于特朗普现在是前总统，律师们原本计划就举行审判的合宪性进行辩论。
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消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，在战略上的分歧各不相同，但特朗普希望他的团队认为存在分歧选举欺诈，而律师和前总统的一些高级顾问希望关注的焦点仍然是在总统不再执政的情况下进行审判的合宪性。
一位接近前总统的消息人士称，这一变化是两党之间的“共同决定”。
特朗普于1月13日因一篇文章“煽动叛乱”被众议院弹劾，该文章是在美国国会大厦的暴力围攻这导致一名警察和另外四人死亡，国会议员和他们的工作人员担心他们的生命安全。起义发生在1月6日，此前特朗普举行了一次集会，他告诉他的追随者前往国会大厦，并一再表示他们应该为他而战。
PHOTO: In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, attorney Butch Bowers speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases.
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“民主党试图弹劾一位已经离任的总统是完全违反宪法的，对我们的国家非常不利。事实上，已经有45名参议员投票认为该法案违宪。我们已经做了很多工作，但还没有对我们的法律团队做出最终决定，这将很快做出，”特朗普的发言人杰森·米勒周六告诉美国广播公司新闻。
参议院的审判定于2月8日开始。参议院的三分之二——或67名参议员——需要投票才能判定特朗普成功。这意味着17名共和党参议员需要站在民主党一边。
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消息人士认为，在接下来的几天里，该团队将会有新一轮的成员加入，尽管这个过程还远未完成，只剩下一周多的时间了。在上次弹劾审判中，许多与特朗普合作或代表特朗普的律师拒绝在参议院为他辩护。
特朗普的前高级律师杰伊·塞库罗(Jay Sekulow)在他的第一次弹劾审判中代表他，他将不会参加这次审判。特朗普的私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼也表示他不会代表这位前总统出现在1月6日国会山被围困之前的集会上。
PHOTO: In this April 29, 2016, file photo, attorney Debbie Barbier speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C.
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除了鲍尔斯之外，将不再代表特朗普的律师是黛博拉·栗林诚一郎、约什·霍华德、约翰尼·加塞和格雷格·哈里斯。
政府立法机关林赛·格雷厄姆1月21日，敦促鲍尔斯接手此案的共和党参议员告诉他的共和党同事，鲍尔斯将代表特朗普。
在弹劾条款提交后，参议院共和党人要求推迟审判，并得到民主党人的同意，以便特朗普与其仍在组建的法律团队合作。
Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources
All five of the impeachment lawyers who were expected to represent former President Donald Trump have called it quits, sources told ABC News.
The team, led by South Carolina lawyer Butch Bowers, resigned in part because of disagreements over how to mount Trump’s defense, the sources said. The lawyers had planned to argue the constitutionality of holding a trial given Trump is now a former president.
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The disagreements over strategy varied, sources told ABC News, but Trump wanted his team to argue there was election fraud, while the lawyers and some top advisers to the former president wanted the focus to remain on the constitutionality of a trial with the president no longer in office.
A source close to the former president described the change as a "mutual decision" between the parties.
Trump was impeached by the House on Jan. 13 on a single article for "incitement of insurrection" following the violent siege at the U.S. Capitol that left one police officer and four others dead and left members of Congress and their staffs fearing for their lives. The insurrection, which took place Jan. 6, was preceded by a Trump rally when he told his followers to head to the Capitol and repeatedly said they should fight for him.
PHOTO: In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, attorney Butch Bowers speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases.
Mary Ann Chastain/AP, FILE
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In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, attorney Butch Bowers speaks during a news conference at the St...Read More
"The Democrats' efforts to impeach a president who has already left office is totally unconstitutional and so bad for our country. In fact, 45 Senators have already voted that it is unconstitutional. We have done much work, but have not made a final decision on our legal team, which will be made shortly,” Jason Miller, a spokesperson for Trump, told ABC News Saturday.
The Senate trial is scheduled to begin on the week of Feb. 8. Two-thirds of the Senate -- or 67 senators -- would need to vote to convict Trump to be successful. That means 17 GOP senators would need to come to the Democrats' side.
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Sources believe there will be another round of additions to the team in the coming days though the process is nowhere near finalized with just over a week to go. Many attorneys who worked with or represented Trump during the last impeachment trial are declining to defend him in the Senate.
Trump's former top lawyer, Jay Sekulow, who represented him at his first impeachment trial, will not be taking part in this trial. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, also said he will not be representing the former president after appearing at the same rally that preceded the siege on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
PHOTO: In this April 29, 2016, file photo, attorney Debbie Barbier speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C.
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The attorneys in addition to Bowers who will no longer be representing Trump are Deborah Barbier, Josh Howard, Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who urged Bowers to take the case, told his Senate GOP colleagues on Jan. 21 that Bowers would be representing Trump.
Senate Republicans had asked for a delay in the trial, agreed to by Democrats, following the delivery of the impeachment article in order for Trump to work with his still-forming legal team.
