As the White House faces into the storm, Dershowitz will join a Trump legal team that also includes Ken Starr, who played a leading role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. House impeachment managers, led by intelligence chair Adam Schiff, had a 5pm deadline on Saturday to submit a trial brief. Play Video 1:33 Senators are sworn in as Trump's impeachment trial gets under way – videoA two-thirds majority of senators will be needed to convict Trump and remove him from office. On the BBC, Dershowitz was asked if he thought Trump was a good president and how he felt about potentially facilitating his re-election. He also said that in the Senate trial he would be “only arguing on behalf of the constitution”.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2020 14:59 UTC