One of the former lawyers President Trump
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The Washington Post reports that Michael T. van der Veen, a Philadelphia lawyer with experience in personal injury law, is now part of Trump’s defense team after having sued him just a few months ago.
He reported that van der Veen’s signature was in summaries filed by the Trump team, which includes Bruce Castor, Trump’s top defense attorney, hired in December by the van der Veen company.
The company is van der Veen, O’Neill, Hartshorn and Levin.
Castor was recommended to Trump by an aide after it was reported that the lawyers who represented Trump in his first trial would not represent him this time.
As the Post reports, van der Veen was part of a lawsuit filed by independent congressional candidate Melvin Johnakin against Trump, the United States Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
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“To exercise the fundamental right to vote, many voters have and will use all available means to vote by mail instead of in person at a polling place,” wrote van der Veen in Internet network location. “Advanced planning and proactive measures will be needed to ensure that voters have sufficient access to voting by mail to preserve and protect the essential right to vote and prevent deprivation of rights on a large scale.”
The action was resolved in November, the Post reports, as part of an effort to stop the Post Office from making changes that could delay correspondence and thus delay vote counting.
Calls to van der Veen’s law firm were directed to a telephone message stating that the number was no longer in service.
The Hill contacted Trump’s office for comment.