Posted on 08/26/2022 3:36:31 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax that Attorney General Merrick Garland might not have enough to indict former President Donald Trump based on the Mar-a-Lago raid's affidavit.
During a Friday appearance on "American Agenda," the Harvard law professor emeritus took issue with the Justice Department seeking a search warrant so early. However, he still argued that there was enough probable cause to issue it.
"I've gone through the affidavit very carefully, and I don't see any justification for them seeking a search warrant," Dershowitz said, noting that a subpoena was issued. "What was the rush?
"So, I think that Merrick Garland has the burden of now establishing — based on the unredacted portions of the affidavit — what's the rush? Why didn't you simply enforce the subpoena? Why didn't you follow what you started with the subpoena?" he added.
Based on the redacted affidavit, Dershowitz concluded that Garland probably lacks enough to charge Trump. He then predicted that more legal back-and-forth between the former president's legal team and the government is coming.
"I do not think, based on this affidavit, that Merrick Garland will indict because I don't think the information meets the two standards that I think are necessary to indict a former and potentially future president," he stated.
Dershowitz then outlined the two criteria:
"Number one: it has to beat the [former President Richard] Nixon standard. So egregious, so serious, that even Republicans would agree," the attorney explained. "Number two: it has to meet the Hillary Clinton standard. Why is this different than Hillary Clinton? What's the justification for doing to Trump what was not done to Hillary Clinton?
"I don't think those two standards were met in the unredacted portions of the affidavit," he continued. "Maybe they were met by the redacted portions, but I haven't seen it."
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I could have sworn that just an hour ago, here on FR, I saw a post, headline “ Dershowitz says FBI now has enough to indict Trump.”
Dershowitz to Newsmax: Affidavit Doesn’t Show Enough to Indict Trump
How is this possible?
Affidavit Gives DOJ Enough to Indict Donald Trump, Alan Dershowitz Says
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4088593/posts
It’s scrambled eggs time....
Told Newsweek Yes and News Max No
WTF Dersh?
Wait WHAT, an hour ago he said there was enough and now there isnt LOL..well there NEVER was any reason to indict, its a ARCHIVES DISPUTE, nothing more, nothing less..this would have been a NON ISSUE if some commie Trump hating douche bag at the archives didnt go making a big stink out of NOTHING and Biden got his hired goons at the feds to go after Trump since everyone knows Trump is gonna whoop his ass in 2024
Yeah, me too. Fake news or typo
You’re not seeing things. Your eyes still work.
We have two dueling articles where the Dersh says two completely opposite things.
I think it’s a good time to analyze the propaganda techniques used by Newsweek to come up with its stupid headline.
me too
Newsweek
Katherine Fung
maybe she misheard him
he he
I knew I saw it somewhere today.
You are right. I believe I saw that here, too....
Or space aliens are manipulating our memories.
One theory on Ancient Aliens was aliens have the power to disrupt and change our true event memories. Start with “I saw the alien ships land and the aliens got out and abducted people.” and the next day your memory is “I never saw a UFO and don’t believe in them.”
Even today there are hypnosis enhancing drugs and the horrible date rape drugs rapists give to women in their drinks. No true memory of what happened for court testimony.
What the??? Is this Newsweak once again printing news they would like to hear or is Dershowitz losing his mind?
“Dershowitz then outlined the two criteria:
“Number one: it has to beat the [former President Richard] Nixon standard. So egregious, so serious, that even Republicans would agree,” the attorney explained. “Number two: it has to meet the Hillary Clinton standard. Why is this different than Hillary Clinton? What’s the justification for doing to Trump what was not done to Hillary Clinton?
“I don’t think those two standards were met in the unredacted portions of the affidavit,” he continued. “Maybe they were met by the redacted portions, but I haven’t seen it.””
Me too.
A President has the right to declassify anything and take it. Who doesn’t have that right is a Secretary of state. Wouldn’t it be interesting if they have the balls to indict Trump after they let Hillary go? These scumbags are really really pushing for a Civil war
He plays to his audience...Whoever it is....
Dershowitz to Newsmax: Affidavit Doesn’t Show Enough to Indict Trump
8/26/2022, 3:36:31 PM · by SoConPubbie · 13 replies
NewsMax ^ | Friday, 26 August 2022 04:38 PM EDT | Luca Cacciatore
Affidavit Gives DOJ Enough to Indict Donald Trump, Alan Dershowitz Says
8/26/2022, 2:56:00 PM · by Trump20162020 · 60 replies
Newsweek ^ | August 26, 2022 | Katherine Fung
LMAO
Dersh, they name is
Hegelian dialectic.
/ noun.
philosophy an interpretive method in which
the contradiction
between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis
is resolved at a higher level of
bull crap (synthesis)
.
Newsweek vs. Newsmax
I don’t trust either.
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