Donald Trump announces David Schoen and Bruce L Castor as lead defence lawyers for impeachment trial

Donald Trump has announced two new lawyers to lead his impeachment trial defence, just one day after parting ways with his two previous top lawyers.

David Schoen and Bruce L Castor are set to defend the former president on a charge of inciting an insurrection after last month’s Capitol riots.

News emerged over the weekend that Trump’s two previous lead lawyers, Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, were no longer with the defence team just a week before the trial was set to begin.

Trump and his new defence team have just one day to respond to the charges of incitement before a Tuesday deadline.

Who are the new lead lawyers?

David Schoen is a federal criminal defence and civil rights…