Dershowitz Deserted by Liberal Friends Over Trump-Friendly Mueller Analysis
Posted by Mike LaChance
“My really, really close friends say, ‘You’re 100 percent right in your analysis, but can’t you just shut the f—k up and not talk at all,’”
Professor Alan Dershowitz is a liberal Democrat who voted for Hillary.
He also believes in the law and has a rational view of the Mueller investigation. Unfortunately for him, not having Trump Derangement Syndrome is ruining his social life.
Caitlin Yilek reports at the Washington Examiner:
Alan Dershowitz on defending Trump: ‘My liberal friends don’t invite me to dinner anymore’
Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz says he’s feeling the heat from family and friends over his defense of President Trump amid special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
“It’s caused me to lose seven pounds,” Dershowitz told Politico. “My liberal friends don’t invite me to dinner anymore.”
Dershowitz often appears on Fox News to argue against Mueller bringing an obstruction of justice charge against Trump, saying it would send the country into a constitutional crisis. He has also defended Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
“My really, really close friends say, ‘You’re 100 percent right in your analysis, but can’t you just shut the f—k up and not talk at all,’” he said. “They tell me, ‘This is a time for selective silence.’ My nephew thinks I’m helping keep in office one of the greatest dangers in American history.
You can see examples of this in his Twitter feed:
“Mueller has a credibility problem” because “he’s been conducting a sloppy investigation.” https://t.co/NyEUlfwE1a
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 18, 2017
“People have accused me of everything…People can’t just accept that I’m saying what I believe & I would be saying the same thing if Hillary Clinton were president.” I spoke to the @washingtonpost about this: https://t.co/Vn7HBRKIGY
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 7, 2017
“My argument, unlike that of President Trump’s lawyer, is not that a president can never be charged with obstruction of justice. It is that he cannot be charged with that crime if his only actions were constitutionally authorized.” My latest for @thehill https://t.co/DLgvoofGTi
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 5, 2017
Here’s more from the recent piece by Annie Karni of Politico about people whose lives have been upended in one way or another in the age of Trump that was referenced above:
full story at https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/dershowitz-deserted-by-liberal-friends-over-trump-friendly-mueller-analysis/