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With just over a week left before the Impeachment Trial, former President Donald J. Trump finds himself in a precarious situation.

Sources say, Trump's legal team has been working to oppose impeachment. The foundation of the argument was impeachment of a private citizen was unconstitutional.

Because of the vote of 45 GOP members, this defense could have delivered a speedy decision declining impeachment. Former President Trump, however, wanted lawyers to pursue a defense based on mass election fraud.

The legal team, headed by Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, have parted ways with former President Trump after disagreeing over legal strategy. Sources involved say the this was a 'mutual decision.'

"We have done much work, but have not made a final decision on our legal team, which will be made shortly," tweeted Trump advisor Jason Miller in response to the reports.

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"The Democrats' efforts to impeach a president who has already left office is totally unconstitutional and so bad for our country. In fact, 45 Senators have already voted that it is unconstitutional. We have done much work, but have not made a final decision on our legal team, which will be made shortly,” Jason Miller, a spokesperson for Trump, tweeted.

Impeachment Trial Moving Forward

The House impeached Trump for a second time on Jan. 13 on a single article for "incitement of insurrection."

Despite concerns, the House voted to impeach without legal representation for the president of having all evidence. Many Republican Senators are wary about moving forward with the Senate trial.

The Senate trial is scheduled to begin on the week of Feb. 8. Two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 senators, would need to vote to convict Trump to be successful. That means 17 GOP senators would need to come to the Democrats' side.

Sources told ABC News,  "There will be another round of additions to the team in the coming days though the process is nowhere near finalized with just over a week to go." Many attorneys who worked with or represented Trump during the last impeachment trial are declining to defend him in the Senate.

Even with all this chaos, it is likely that former President Trump will dodge conviction. Due to needing 17 Republican votes for conviction, a formal censure is an alternative option.

A censure would be less severe than expulsion but is a formal statement of disapproval. It would still require 10 Republicans to vote with Democrats.

While a conviction would lead to a simple-majority vote on whether to bar Trump from holding any future public office, a censure resolution carries no such trigger.

Senate Republicans asked for a delay in the trial, agreed to by Democrats, following the delivery of the impeachment article in order for Trump to work with his still-forming legal team.