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Prof. Alan Dershowitz Rips FBI Raid on Trump, Raises Legal Questions About How It Was Conducted
Red State ^ | 08/08/2022 | Nick Arama

Posted on 08/08/2022 8:37:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

ALAN DERSHOWITZ

The reaction to the FBI raid — reportedly with a large group of agents — on Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago is setting off a firestorm of reactions.

Dan Bongino blasted it as some “third world bulls**t.” He also said it was a “clarion call” for everyone to get off their seats and vote the Democrats out. Dana Loesch believed it was the Democrats trying to settle “political scores.” Lara and Eric Trump ripped the action and provided more information about what had happened in the raid, including that the FBI didn’t find anything in a safe in the home when they cracked it open.

Reports are suggesting that this raid may be in relation to classified documents that they think should be with the National Archives. But if that’s the case, it’s an insane overreaction rather than just pursuing the documents in a normal manner. The family said they had been cooperating in reviewing documents that the National Archives might want. But to send in agents and just grab documents right and left, even breaking into the safe in the home is just wild and it sounds like a fishing expedition. Is it to try to find other things, with that as an excuse?

Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz is calling it “misconduct.” According to him, in an appearance on Newsmax, such a raid should be the method of last resort, unless they can’t get the documents through subpoenas or any other lawful methods.

“The raid is supposed to be a last resort,” he said. “But this administration has used the weaponization of the justice system against its political enemies. It has arrested people, denied them bail, put them in handcuffs – used all kinds of techniques that are not usually applied to American citizens. I just hope this raid has the justification. If it doesn’t have the justification, the materials seized in it will be suppressed.”

“This is improper, and this is misconduct,” Dershowitz said if they didn’t have any more justification. “We have to find out what the facts are. But we have to make sure the shoe fits on the other foot – that we want to make sure what is being one here is something that Democrats would not oppose if it were being done to Democratic operatives, as well.”

On Fox, Dershowitz took up another issue with the raid, saying that the government would have to show they had reasonable evidence that this information would be destroyed. Additionally, he said, they improperly opened the safe on the premises which they should not have done.

Alan Dershowitz on the legality of the #Trump #MarALagoRaid pic.twitter.com/a86YuI1qRd

— Diener (@sdiener86) August 9, 2022

Dershowitz said that, in his opinion, they had “violated the rules of the Justice Department, they’d gone after a former president and a future candidate, and they darn well better have smoking gun proof, which I don’t see happening.”

“Clearly there’s been a double standard,” Dershowitz declared. “You don’t get a warrant unless a subpoena wouldn’t suffice.”

This has been a wild night, but the Biden Justice Department may have just stepped over the line and into a legal hornet’s nest with this action against Trump.



TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: alandershowitz; bidenjustice; civilrights; creepstate; deepstate; dershowitz; donutwatch; fbi; maralagoraid; persecution; policestate; raid; singlepartystate; thedersh; trumpfbi; tyranny

1 posted on 08/08/2022 8:37:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The Regime doesn’t care, Professor.


2 posted on 08/08/2022 8:43:03 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: SeekAndFind
Am I supposed to believe it's just a coincidence that little Maggie Haberman’s toilet article came out today? After all, Pelosi happily told us all about the “wrap up smear”.
3 posted on 08/08/2022 8:43:24 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There needs to start being legal consequences for “misconduct”.


4 posted on 08/08/2022 8:43:35 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: SeekAndFind

who is going to hold the democrats accountable?

only the voters can do that


5 posted on 08/08/2022 8:44:38 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, if history is any guide, Dersh coming out so vehemently on one side or another means there will be utterly no consequence for the initiating party and an open ended morass of liability for the aggrieved party.


6 posted on 08/08/2022 8:48:24 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Keeps folks from chatting about the ‘build back broke’ vote, eh?


7 posted on 08/08/2022 8:53:55 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

You put that very well and you’re absolutely right.

We’re now facing “You’re guilty until you prove yourself innocent”.


8 posted on 08/08/2022 8:54:38 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: SeekAndFind

As Trump said, the US is now a third wold country. It’s only a matter of time before this administration starts imprisoning political enemies and dissidents.


9 posted on 08/08/2022 9:05:30 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: SeekAndFind

the left don’t care if it’s legal or not-


10 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:21 PM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: SeekAndFind
the Biden Justice Department may have just stepped over the line and into a legal hornet’s nest with this action against Trump.

"legal hornet's nest" implies there is some law we can appeal to. Its far beyond that now.

11 posted on 08/08/2022 9:16:24 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

They “stepped over the line”?


12 posted on 08/08/2022 9:24:39 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: SeekAndFind

“Alan Dershowitz is calling it misconduct.” AD is a failure. In other news, Trump’s popularity doubled and got stronger today, because Trump had his house visited by the FBI. Dershowitz, FBI, etc. are failures with nothing to do but protect their weakness from exposure.


13 posted on 08/08/2022 9:34:52 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: All

They used a Never Trumper at the National Archives to get a Judge to sign off so they could confiscate everything and look in his safes.

The same Judge signed off on a FISA, no doubt, and they are electronically surveilling Trump, his family, and businesses.

Like the whistleblower was directed by Schiff to fill out the IG Complaint and leave certain fields empty.

Peter Strzok says he’s still Investigating Trump, and pretty prominent people in charge follow him on Twitter.

This was all about the Confiscation and has nothing to do with Papers.

The same idiot Archivist was running interference for Hillary’s scheme.


14 posted on 08/08/2022 10:02:42 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: AnthonySoprano

I posted this earlier this evening on another thread:

Allen Dershowitz was on Fox yesterday sounding all wishy washy (his being a Dem background showing all over the place). Biden won a few votes recently and Allen (or is it Alan) was wobbling as to whose side he should be on.

Now the Mar-A-Lago raid happens and Dershowitz is shocked enough to swing back towards Trump/Pubs, because Dershowitz is a very Constitution driven kind of guy. So tonight on Fox he’s back to Trump’s side.


15 posted on 08/08/2022 11:35:34 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump should announce 2024 run now, pre-indictment by Dems; change the Jan 6 narrative)
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To: flaglady47

Allen = Alan above.


16 posted on 08/08/2022 11:36:19 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump should announce 2024 run now, pre-indictment by Dems; change the Jan 6 narrative)
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To: Husker24

“There needs to start being legal consequences for “misconduct”.”

No, there needs to be real physical, financial, and possibly permanent consequences for ‘misconduct’. A ‘strongly worded letter’ in your file does nothing but provide a moment of levity for the perp. Twenty years in a cell with a 7 foot sex addict for a cell-mate will make more of an impression. Loss of pension and your assets and your family living on the street will make more of an impression.

It has to be real, not a slap on the wrist.


17 posted on 08/09/2022 1:31:05 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL
Ya mean Sandy Burglar was not consulted on how to deal with archived documents?
These low-lifes make Hugo Chavez look like a rookie.


18 posted on 08/09/2022 5:26:43 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: SeekAndFind

Dersh doesn’t get it. Legal is out the door.


19 posted on 08/09/2022 7:08:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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