Dershow Exclusive: Trump Impeachment Lawyers
The Dershow
Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media
4.4 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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I interview two of Trump's Impeachment Lawyers David Heim & Michael Van Der Veen. We discuss the Constitution, McCarthyism, and the backlash they experienced.
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| 0:00.0 | We have Michael van der Veeen and we have David Haim. |
| 0:05.0 | Michael van der Veeen, you may remember presented some of the arguments, particularly the |
| 0:09.4 | First Amendment argument, and David Haim drafted the brief on the First Amendment. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm going to ask them hard questions, personal questions about how they and their family |
| 0:21.2 | and fellow lawyers reacted to their defense of the Constitution and their defense of Donald |
| 0:26.3 | Trump. |
| 0:27.3 | You'll hear it all on the Dershow. |
| 0:31.0 | Today on the Dershow, we're fortunate to have two great lawyers, both of whom played |
| 0:35.5 | a very important role in the historic acquittal of former President Donald Trump when he |
| 0:41.0 | was tried by the Senate for impeachment. |
| 0:44.7 | And these are lawyers who basically focused on the constitutional issues, particularly |
| 0:50.8 | the First Amendment issues. |
| 0:52.3 | And on the Dershow, I'm going to ask them the hard questions that you want to ask them. |
| 0:56.6 | And so let me introduce two great lawyers. |
| 1:00.5 | First of all, let me introduce Michael van der Veeen, Michael van der Veeen, and David Haim. |
| 1:09.8 | Michael van der Veeen, you'll remember, actually presented the First Amendment argument. |
| 1:14.8 | And David apparently helped draft and conceptualize the argument. |
| 1:21.7 | And so we'll hear about each of their roles. |
| 1:24.6 | But before we turn to that and before we turn to any of my questions, I know you're both |
| 1:29.5 | eminent lawyers from Philadelphia. |
| 1:32.7 | Give us just a word of background about your history as lawyers. |
| 1:38.3 | Mike, first. |
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