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18/01/2020 GMT

White House appoints legal team to defend Trump in impeachment trial

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White House appoints legal team to defend Trump at his impeachment which opens next week

Kenneth Starr, whose investigation led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, one of legal team defending Trump in impeachment trial

The White House has released details of the legal team that will defend President Trump at his impeachment trial in the US Senate next week. It includes Kenneth Starr - whose investigation led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton – and veteran lawyer Alan Dershowitz, whose previous clients include OJ Simpson, Mike Tyson and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Also in the programme: We hear from Roger Robinson, the British-Trinidadian dub poet, who has won the prestigious TS Eliot prize on his first nomination for his collection A Portable Paradise. It's the only poetry award judged solely by established poets, and as such is often said to be the most distinguished poetry prize one can win. 

(Photo: US President Donald Trump speaks at an event in Washington DC on Friday. Credit: EPA/Al Drago

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