Posted on 02/01/2020 9:34:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump’s impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued the president should not have the stain of impeachment on his legacy if the Senate acquits him.
“Nancy Pelosi has now pulled a real sharp one. She says even if he’s acquitted and vindicated, he’s still impeached. He’s going to have that label forever. That should not be how it is. Why? He didn’t have a fair trial,” Dershowitz, 81, told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday.
“He was indicted. And what happens after a person is acquitted after indictment? The indictment disappears,” he continued. “If he wins this, I think nobody should regard him as having been impeached.”
Trump, 73, told House Republicans in an October phone call that he didn’t want to be impeached because it was a "bad thing to have on your resume," according to Axios.
The Democratic-controlled House impeached Trump in December on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power over his conduct toward Ukraine.
On Friday, the Republican-led Senate rejected a motion to call for additional witnesses and documents, setting up a vote for Trump’s acquittal next week.
Two other presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. Both were acquitted by the Senate. Former President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 before the House could impeach him.
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The Dersh is right. When you’re acquitted, the charges against you are wiped out.
In a criminal trial, when you’re acquitted, no one remembers you were indicted.
This will all be forgotten by the next week. For the Democrat media, its the next Trump outrage that will trigger them.
That’s what Oblivious Nanzi was hoping Trump would do. lol
I actually see it as a resume enhancement to have been impeached by these clowns.
But really I don’t care one way or the other. The Democrats have made impeachment trivial.
That was their strategy from day one of Trump’s presidency!
Getting a little exercise this morning! pic.twitter.com/fyAAcbhbgk— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2020
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only Presidents to be impeached.
“This whole anti-Trump chrade has been enormously expensive for the Democrat brand.”
and for the taxpayer
A point I brought up in an earlier thread only to be denounced by many freepers claiming, in fact, President Trump was impeached.
Keyword: "should". But for Democrats, it's about the only thing they'll mention.
The Bent One was impeached. Didn’t matter - Democrats treated him like a rock star.
If a person is indicted for a crime and aquitted, is he forever indicted?
Agree!
They tried to impeach.
It failed.
What was unfair about the trial Trump has received in the Senate?
They did impeach. They tried to remove and failed. Badly.
The demoncrats have ZTriump dead to rights; a clear-cut case of Mopery With Intent To Creep.
I’m hoping Dershowitz will announce that he’s changing parties because the Dems don’t properly represent the law. Liberal heads would explode.
Dershowitz gives lip service to “The Law”, but as long as he remains a
“Democrat”, he’s a deadly communist, and a threat to our children,
just like the rest.
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