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Ken Starr , Pam Bondi and Alan Dershowitz have The President of the defence team

US President Donald Trump "defence" team in The Senate , his study will also impeachment, special prosecutors, US President Bill Clinton .

He is represented by Ken Starr and Robert Ray , who investigated Mr. Clinton, and Alan Dershowitz , whose past clients to OJ Simpson.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Mr. Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow will lead The Team .

Opening statements in the Trump impeachment proceedings begin next week.

Who the Clinton accusers are?

Mr. Starr, the U.S. Department of justice was to advise The Independent Prosecutor who investigated the Whitewater affair, a scandal-plagued mid-1980s land venture in Arkansas with Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The Inquiry revealed, ultimately, independent evidence That Mr Clinton had An Affair with a White house Intern, Monica Lewinsky .

The Investigation culminated in the Democratic President impeachment by the U.S. house of representatives in 1998. Mr Clinton was acquitted by The Senate .

Mr. Ray succeeded Mr. Starr, The Independent lawyer for advice.

Ms Lewinsky tweeted on Friday, shortly after Mr Trump's team said: "This is definitely a 'are you kidding me?' kinda day", although she added an expletive.

In the year 2016, Mr. Starr was forced out of his position as President of Baylor University after an investigation The School had found miss rape are allegations made against its football players.

He later resigned from his roles as Chancellor and professor of law at the University of.

Who Alan Dershowitz is?

Mr Dershowitz, a retired Harvard University law professor and Constitutional Law expert, whose past celebrity clients also have the boxer Mike Tyson .

He Cbs News , the BBC, the US partner said That he had spoken to The President on Wednesday about the prosecution case.

"I had nothing to do it as an independent constitutional scholar," Mr. Dershowitz said. "I take no position on the policy only to The Constitution . "

He added That he could build "very, very concerned" about the precedent of this indictment. said

"could It be a weakening of The Presidency and weaponise indictment as a partisan tactic," he said.

Mr Dershowitz said in a statement That he had, against Mr. Clinton's impeachment, and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 election.

The President sought Mr Dershowitz is the Council, during the 2017-19 special counsel investigation over alleged Russian interference in the presidential elections in the United States.

Mr Dershowitz and Mr. Starr, both of fallen financier Jeffrey Epstein represented in the doghouse during his 2008 abuse study.

the White house officials were to join against Mr. Dershowitz, The Team , as his loyalty to Mr Epstein.

On Friday, The President said Mr. Dershowitz's comments criticize That " a Government Accountability Office ruling That the White house had broken The Law by withholding aid to the Ukraine.

Who else is on the legal team?

Former Florida attorney General Pam Bondi has also been asked to join The Team .

Ms. Bondi, a longtime trump ally, joined the White House communications team last November, the focus on "proactive law enforcement messaging".

The President 's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani , a Central figure in the Ukraine investigation, had also hoped to join the defence, but he didn't make The Cut .

Mr. Giuliani told CBS That happen, he may as A Witness in the impeachment proceedings and "understood this when I discovered 2016, the Ukrainian corruption".

He apparently was referring to a discredited theory That the Ukraine intervened in The Last White house election.

One of Mr Giuliani's associates, Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas, said he went to Ukraine to pressure from the local authorities on behalf of Mr Trump and Mr Giuliani.

Mr Trump's allies have rubbished Mr. Parnas' claims, and pointed out That he costs not related to campaign financing.

Why was trump accused of?

Mr Trump was accused by the US house of representatives last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Democrats accused him of, with the retention of the military Biden aid to Ukraine to pressure the country into The Investigation of his political rival, the former US Vice-President Joe.

Mr. Trump denies the claims and calls for the impeachment proceedings a partisan "hoax".

The Republican President now faces a trial in The Senate , which must decide whether to remove him from office.

As his Republican Party holds the majority in the upper chamber, he will be acquitted.

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