The event occurred a day after Giuliani met the president.
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani apparently will not be part of Trump’s impeachment team.
Giuliani, who has spearheaded the president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, told ABC News White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday that he will not be part of Trump’s legal team for the impeachment trial of the Senate due to his involvement in the January 6 demonstration in Washington, DC, which led to the attack on the United States Capitol building.
“Because I gave a speech earlier [at the rally], I am a witness and therefore cannot participate in the court or the Senate Chamber, “said Giuliani.
Giuliani initially told ABC News that he was working on the defense of the president, saying on Saturday that he was prepared to argue that the president’s allegations of widespread electoral fraud did not constitute incitement to violence because the widely denied allegations are true.
Giuliani later met Trump on Saturday at the White House.
At the rally, the former New York City mayor urged the crowd to engage in “combat trial” before participants marched to the Capitol and violated the building while members of Congress were in the process of certifying the President’s Electoral College. elected Joe Biden to win. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died in the attack.
The House of Representatives voted last week to impeach Trump for inciting supporters to invade the Capitol.
A Trump representative later announced that no decision was made on the president’s legal team.
“President Trump has not yet determined which lawyer or law firm will represent him in the infamous attack on our constitution and democracy, known as the ‘impeachment fraud’,” said Hogan Gidley. tweeted early Sunday.
ABC News’ Will Steakin contributed to this report.