Michael van der Veen

Michael van der Veen was known primarily for handling plaintiff personal injury and criminal defense matters before rising to national prominence when he represented former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial earlier this month. And after a brief vacation in Maine to recharge his batteries, the Center City lawyer is ready to pick up where he left off...

Michael van der Veen, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, placed blame on the rioters for the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “There were no words of incitement,” van der Veen said. “You can allow America’s healing to begin. I urge the Senate to acquit and vindicate the Constitution of this great republic.”

The suburban Philadelphia home of one of the attorneys defending former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial has been vandalized with graffiti.

The United States Senate has voted to allow for the subpoena of witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The 55-45 vote came after House Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin, D-Md. says he wanted to call Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) as a witness for her information about a phone call between President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin...

Donald Trump’s attorneys have wrapped up their impeachment defense

Donald Trump’s defense team in his impeachment trial is asserting that he called for non-violent protest when he spoke to his followers at a rally prefacing their assault on the Capitol last month

When asked “exactly when” former President Donald Trump learned of the breach at the U.S. Capitol, Trump attorney did not answer the question. “On the day, we have a tweet [from Trump] at 2:48, so it was certainly sometime before then,” one of Trump’s attorneys said.

One of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, Michael van der Veen, opened his impeachment defense by warning the Senate about “the precedent this case will set.”