By Sam Levin in Los Angeles (now), and Amanda Holpuch in New York (earlier)
Donald Trump‘s legal team for the impeachment trial will include Starr, Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz and Robert Ray
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The House intelligence committee has released new documents this evening relating to Lev Parnas, the close associate of Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Parnas made headlines this week when he added to evidence that Trump personally directed an effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
The new records include contact between Parnas and a top aide to Devin Nunes, the Republican congressman and Trump ally:
JUST IN: New evidence filed by House Intel Committee shows frequent contact between Parnas and top Nunes aide Derek Harvey.https://t.co/UqmIzJgWb0
Source: Trump impeachment: president’s legal team to include Bill Clinton investigator Ken Starr – live
