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The Dershow

One-on-one with Trump's Lawyer David Schoen

The Dershow

Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media

News, Politics

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Two former Trump lawyers, two impeachments, David Schoen and I discuss the aftermath of defending the former President.

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0:00.0

Today we have a very special guest on the Dersho, David Shone, who was the president's

0:06.4

lead lawyer in his acquittal in front of the Senate.

0:09.3

You will hear the inside scoop from Shone as to what the defense strategy was.

0:15.0

I'm also told that Shone was told by former president Trump that he, President Trump,

0:20.7

was listening to the Dersho and that Shone should listen and get his ideas for the defense

0:25.9

from the Dersho, so you folks who are listening are not alone, will hear from David Shone

0:31.9

and will hear the inside story of the president's defense on the Dersho.

0:40.4

Welcome to today's Dersho, we have a very, very special guest today, a hero, a man who

0:46.1

has stood up for civil rights and civil liberties, and then when he stood up for the constitutional

0:52.4

rights of Donald Trump, former president Donald Trump, somehow he began to lose some

0:59.3

of his hero status in the eyes of at least some who don't understand the role of lawyers

1:06.3

and constitutional lawyers.

1:07.7

David Shone transformed the South in many ways.

1:12.0

He was a civil rights lawyer during the golden age of civil rights and civil liberties and

1:16.8

his work was recognized by the American Bar Association, awarding him his pro bono

1:22.0

Pagico Award for his great work in the South.

1:25.7

He's also been a very successful criminal defense lawyer and generally a do gooder and the

1:32.3

kind of person who would get awards and be invited by groups regardless of politics.

1:38.8

I have no idea what David's politics are.

1:40.9

I couldn't care less, but when he was asked to stand up for the Constitution and

1:46.8

to defend the rights of Mr. Donald Trump, citizen Donald Trump, not to be tried after

1:52.6

he left office for speeches that were covered by the First Amendment, he accepted that role,

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