Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told the Senate impeachment trial Monday evening that even if allegations attributed to former National Security Advisor John Bolton were true, they would not be impeachable conduct. The Times reported that Bolton had written a draft book in which he said President Donald Trump told him he wanted to…
Constitutional scholar and criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz rose to the defense of President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial on Monday evening, arguing that the conduct with which Trump had been charged was outside what the Framers of the Constitution had considered to be impeachable offenses. Dershowitz drew upon the successful 1868 arguments…
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, who will be part of President Trump’s impeachment legal team, argued that “abuse of power, even if proved, is not an impeachable offense.” Dershowitz began by stating that the obstruction of Congress impeachment article “is completely made up. The president invoked his executive…
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz during an appearance on Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on New York AM 970 radio equated the Democrats’ obsession with impeaching President Donald Trump to the KGB under former Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin. Dershowitz argued that the Democrats are “making up crimes” and weaponizing impeachment against Trump. “Whether…
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated that the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment investigation “is the perfect definition of a fishing expedition.” Dershowitz said, “[T]his is the perfect definition of a fishing expedition. He doesn’t know what he’s looking for. Maybe he’ll throw some hooks in…
