A sticking point with his previous team was that Trump wanted lawyers to focus on his allegations of electoral fraud, rather than the constitutionality of convicting a former president.
Trump has struggled to find lawyers willing to accept his case, as he refuses to budge on his false allegations. Trump’s advisers have been talking to him about his legal strategy and he continues to bring electoral fraud to his defense, as they repeatedly try to divert him from that, according to a source familiar with these discussions.
It is not clear whether Schoen and Castor will agree with what Trump wants.
“Schoen is already working with the 45th president and other advisers to prepare for the next trial, and both Schoen and Castor agree that this impeachment is unconstitutional – a fact with which 45 senators voted accordingly last week,” the statement said. .
“It is an honor to represent the 45th president, Donald J. Trump, and the United States Constitution,” Schoen said in a statement.
Castor added: “I consider it a privilege to represent the 45th president. The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history. It is strong and resilient. A document written for all time and that will triumph partisan once again, and always. “
“I saw him a few days before,” Schoen once told Fox News. “The reason I say that I don’t believe it was suicide is because of my interaction with him that day. The purpose of asking me to go there that day and the past few weeks was to ask me to take up your defense. “
CNN contacted Schoen for comment.
Castor, meanwhile, is a well-known attorney in Pennsylvania who previously served as a district attorney for Montgomery County.
While in office in 2005, Castor refused to sue Bill Cosby after a woman reported that the actor had improperly touched her at his Montgomery County home, according to a press release from his office at the time.
Cosby was later tried and convicted in 2018 for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004.
To condemn Trump, at least 17 Republicans will need to vote with all Democrats when the trial begins.
Many say that something must be done about what Trump did – but not for them.
The rhetoric shows the split between House and Senate Republicans as the party struggles to find its voice after the tumultuous era was Trump. Many House Republicans remain staunch supporters of Trump, saying he did nothing wrong and should not be blamed for the violence that took place on Capitol Hill on January 6.
This story has been updated with additional information.