Trump Defense Will Call Impeachment Witnesses If Democrats Do, Attorney Says

Bruce Castor, former President Donald Trump's defense lawyer, walks from the Senate floor through the Senate Reception room on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 12, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Getty Images

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump will call on witnesses to testify at the Senate trial only in the event the Democrat impeachment managers do, according to Trump defense attorney Bruce Castor.

Asked if the decision to call on witnesses rests on how the impeachment managers decide to proceed and if the Trump team would respond by calling witnesses of its own, Castor said “yes.”