Trump Impeachment Lawyer Now Defending Oath Keeper Charged In Capitol Breach
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Michael van der Veen, a lawyer for Trump during his second impeachment trial, is defending a man affiliated with the far-right militia.
Michael T. van der Veen, a lawyer who represented then-President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial, should soon be returning to Washington to defend a man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol with members of the extremist Oath Keepers militia. The Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney argued for Trump in the Senate proceedings after the president was impeached for inspiring the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6. Van der Veen filed Monday to defend Jason Dolan, a 44-year-old resident of Wellington, Florida, when he appears in Washington to face four federal charges connected to his alleged role in that riot. Federal agents said that Dolan ― who reportedly went by the moniker “Turmoil” ― rented a vehicle and traveled to Washington with another defendant and stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington. He joined the crowd Jan. 6 on the central east steps of the U.S. Capitol and helped form a “stack” of Oath Keepers that forcibly entered the Capitol, according to an indictment returned by a grand jury in Washington last month.More Related News