Alan Dershowitz: President Cannot Be Charged With Obstructing Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Authority

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that the president cannot be charged with obstruction of justice for exercising his authority under the Constitution to pardon or fire someone.

Dershowitz joined CNN's "New Day" to discuss the issue of whether the president can obstruct justice after Trump ‘s attorney John Dowd defended a tweet sent by the president's account and said Trump could not obstruct justice. When Chris Cuomo asked if Dowd's claim was accurate, Dershowitz said in response that the president could obstruct justice "if he engages in acts beyond what Article II of the constitution allows him to do."

"Of course a president can be charged with obstruction to justice if he engages in acts beyond what Article II of the Constitution allows him to do," Dershowitz said. "President Nixon and Clinton were both impeached for obstruction justice by telling witnesses to lie."

The law professor explained why, however, he thinks we shouldn't jump to obstruction of justice charges.

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