meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Dershow

Trumps motion for a special master should be granted

The Dershow

Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media

News, Politics

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Well, welcome back to the Dershow, the conflict between the Biden administration and former

0:07.3

president Trump, future presidential candidate Trump possibly, is quickly coming to a head.

0:14.7

Trump's lawyers filed a very interesting motion today.

0:19.6

It was a motion to have the court appoint a special examiner, a special master who could

0:29.6

go through all of the papers that were seized in the search and determine whether any of

0:35.4

them are privileged, are covered by the executive privilege, the lawyer client privilege, the

0:42.4

fifth amendment privilege, or any other privileges.

0:46.0

Now, the Biden administration has taken the constitutionally strange position, one

0:52.8

that I think is indefensible, that the incumbent president, the sitting president, namely

1:00.2

president Biden, can waive the executive privilege of the former president and possibly

1:07.5

future president.

1:10.2

This makes no sense at all, constitutionally it makes no sense politically, it makes no

1:14.8

sense logically.

1:16.7

If there is an executive privilege, it means that the president has the right to confer

1:22.6

with his cabinet members, with his chief of staff, with his legal counsel, with any

1:28.2

advisors in president Trump's case, with me, obviously he sold advice from me on the

1:35.4

Middle East and on Israel and Iran and other situations like that, the executive privilege

1:42.4

which derives from Article 2 of the Constitution basically says that a president can with full

1:49.4

confidence in the confidentiality of his communication and seek advice from all of those

1:54.3

people.

1:55.3

Now, comes along, the Biden administration apparently, apparently this comes from a letter that's

2:00.2

been disclosed, it's not 100 percent clear, but according to news reports, it seems likely

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.