Alan Dershowitz slammed the media on Thursday for 'willfully distorting' his arguments in defense of President Trump during Wednesday's impeachment trial in the Senate.
In particular, Democrats and the MSM took issue with Dershowitz's description of the legal boundaries governing a presidential quid pro quo.
"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment," Dershowitz argued on Wednesday - which many media outlets construed as suggesting that the President has virtually limitless power.
TONIGHT: Does the law apply to Donald Trump? Not according to his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz.
Alan Dershowitz January 30, 2020 I did not say or imply that a candidate could do anything to reassure his reelection, only that seeking help in an election is not necessarily corrupt, citing the Lincoln and Obama examples.
Dershowitz has challenged his critics to a "Lincoln/Douglas-type town hall debate."
The debate could be live or on TV. - Alan Dershowitz January 30, 2020 The American public would be informed better by a debate than by childish epithets such as those that are being hurled at me by partisan pundits, academics and politicians.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dershowitz-media-willfully-distorted-comments
In particular, Democrats and the MSM took issue with Dershowitz's description of the legal boundaries governing a presidential quid pro quo.
"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment," Dershowitz argued on Wednesday - which many media outlets construed as suggesting that the President has virtually limitless power.
TONIGHT: Does the law apply to Donald Trump? Not according to his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz.
Alan Dershowitz January 30, 2020 I did not say or imply that a candidate could do anything to reassure his reelection, only that seeking help in an election is not necessarily corrupt, citing the Lincoln and Obama examples.
Dershowitz has challenged his critics to a "Lincoln/Douglas-type town hall debate."
The debate could be live or on TV. - Alan Dershowitz January 30, 2020 The American public would be informed better by a debate than by childish epithets such as those that are being hurled at me by partisan pundits, academics and politicians.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dershowitz-media-willfully-distorted-comments
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