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Alan Dershowitz on Impeachment and the Criminalization of Politics

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Society & Culture, News

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Famed attorney and lifelong Democrat Alan Dershowitz says even though he make not like Donald Trump's policies, the President is entitled to the same rights as any other American and impeachment is a clearly defined Constitutional procedure not political theatre. He explains exactly what is and is NOT an impeachable offense, why even a criminal act may not necessarily lead to impeachment, and how this applies to Presidents from Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. According to Dershowitz, President Trump has every right to fire the FBI director, shut down investigations, and pardon anyone he wants...perhaps even including himself. He warns against a dangerous trend of criminalizing politics on both sides, argues that the Mueller investigation runs the risk of abusing attorney client privilege, and asks where has the ACLU been throughout it all? Plus he rates Rudy Giuliani’s performance as Trump’s attorney, weighs in on the President’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and advises that Trump should absolutely NOT agree to an interview with the Mueller investigation. Order Alan Dershowitz's book THE CASE AGAINST IMPEACHING TRUMP on Amazon or Audible and follow him on twitter at @AlanDershowitz. Today's podcast is sponsored by GooglePlay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ben Mathis. Welcome to Kickass News.

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I've recently had a few listeners write in to say that I've had too many guests

1:58.0

from the intelligence community in the press criticizing Donald Trump and calling for his impeachment.

2:03.0

So today I'm giving equal time to the other side, sort of.

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You see, my guest today is not a Republican or an alt-right Trump supporter.

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In fact, he's a lifelong Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton and even donated to her campaign.

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And he's vocally opposed many of Trump's policies as president.

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But now he's making an equally impassioned case against Trump's impeachment,

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not because he's a fan of the president, but because he's a fan of the Constitution.

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