Posted on 05/05/2018 4:30:35 PM PDT by BBell
Alan Dershowitz and Richard Painter Get in Tense Clash: Mueller May Be a Good American But Youre Not
An MSNBC debate between Alan Dershowitz and Senate candidate Richard Painter got tense and personal as they clashed over Robert Mueller.
Painter praised Mueller as a highly professional prosecutor with a great record and said its a tragedy that the country now has to endure all of this.
Dershowitz said the White Houses behavior may be a tragedy too, but so is Muellers office, and he described the special counsel as someone with a mixed reputation in Boston from before he headed the FBI.
Painter immediately shot back, Thats a lie, do not assault his reputation Hes a good man.
Dershowitz fired back by calling out Painter and saying, Let me talk about your reputation. Painter is trying to parlay his anti-Trump zealotry into a run for the Senate. He has lied repeatedly about me and other people who are Trump supporters.
Painter said hes never lied about Dershowitz and again called him out for lying about Mueller and assaulting his reputation.
At one point he called Mueller a good American, to which Dershowitz responded, He may be, but youre not, sir. Youre a liar and youve lied repeatedly about my background, about my expertise. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Alan is one of the few liberals who puts his core values before his liberalism. He is not happy in the video.
I met Alan Dershowitz last evening at a Broadway show in NYC. First time I ever met him. I thanked him.
I don’t always agree with him but I really respect him as a legal scholar.
Mueller is total scum as is Comey. Those two are directly responsible for the politicized sh!t show the FBI has been turned into. I do not know who this Painter turd is but if he says Mueller is a good man, Painter is a POS liar.
Anything but.
Alan is more a Libertarian than Libtard.
Combat Rock!
Who would EVER want to find “The Clash”?
Alan is right and Painter is lying. Mueller was an AUSA in Boston and part of the team who kept innocent men in jail to protect scumbag Whitey Bulger, who was allegedly an FBI informant but actually wanted to put away a rival gang.
I’ve come to respect him.
If a liberal can be like Alan and be objective and honest, it makes for honest political discussions, and conservatives can work with them to figure out what works for the country. It’s when liberals lie and use underhanded techniques for personal gain that they become enemies of democracy.
has anyone on FR discussed how come Rosenstein signs as “ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL” when he appointed Mueller on 17 May, 2017. see PDF by scrolling down to link in the following:
4 May: National Review: The Rosenstein Memo
By Andrew C. McCarthy
From the outset, I protested that Rosensteins order appointing Mueller (LINK TO ROSENSTEIN’S ORDER) violated governing special-counsel regulations.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/russia-investigation-rod-rosenstein-memo-mueller-probe-limits/
was Rosenstein “Acting Attorney General” at the time?
Well obviously Trisham and I...
If I ever hear Rock the Casbah on the radio, which is pretty close to never, but, Ill listen to that song.
Painter chewed up Alan’s 30 seconds barking out the “Mueller is a gooooood American!” meme.
Phony Obamamania has bitten the dust.
And, in consideration of Trump’s new legal team,
Rudy can’t fail.
Alan is a classical (western) liberal rather than a communist liberal. Libertarians are social communist liberals. The only thing libertarians have in common with the Western tradition of freedom is capitalism. The ideology is not in line with the constitution’s freedom framework.
Easy. Sessions recused himself.
Lawdy, I grew up on the Clash-—before their gentle pop covers.
#ILovethe80s!
Mueller was in charge of the anthrax investigation. It could not find who really was responsible and dishonorably pursued cases against two people, both of which did not hold up to honest scrutiny. He never saw 9-11 building in the Al-Queda terrorist case files, while the warnings signs were evident in the information the FBI had, even the cells that proved to be involved.
I cannot repeat it often enough, Mueller’s record is as a bungler. There is no impugning of his reputation to say that; it’s the records of all the things he failed at. Mr. Painter is selling myths when he claims Muller has a professional reputation that cannot be assailed.
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