Jeffrey Toobin Accuses Alan Dershowitz of 'Carrying Water' For Trump in Tense CNN Battle

[highplainsdem]

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On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump Tweeted a quote from Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz during his appearance with Lou Dobbs on Tuesday. Dershowitz told Dobbs he believes Trump was right to say a special counsel never should have been appointed.

Wednesday night on CNN, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin — a one-time Dershowitz student — noted the presidential shout-out, and accused his former professor of shilling for Trump.

“How has this come about that in every situation over the past year you have been carrying water for Donald Trump?” Toobin said. “This is not who you used to be. And you are doing this over and over again in situations that are just obviously ripe with conflict of interest. And it’s just, like, what’s happened with you?”

Dershowitz defended his arguments — and fired back by accusing Toobin of exhibiting a liberal bias.

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Video at the link.

[dalton99a]

1. At 79 Dershowitz discovered a burning desire to join a cult

and decided to dedicate the rest of his life to the shithole

[politicaljunkie41910]

13. Dershowitz wants to be relevant again. He saw old ass Atty Joe DeGenova come back from the grave

to audition for a primetime slot on Faux News (or as Drump's attorney) by saying a bunch of bat shit crazy crap about Mueller needing to go, and decided he wanted to get a primetime gig on Faux News, too.

[dchill]

2. He wants to be on Trump's legal team!

Pick me coach, pick me!

[dawg day]

15. And trump doesn't want him?

That's what seems to be happening-- Trump's tried to get several others, but not "pick me!" Dershowitz.

[Honeycombe8]

16. He's an appellate lawyer. He wants to handle one of the many appeals coming up. nt

[librechik]

22. my opinion too--I wonder if Dershowitz is scuzzy enough to accept?

Olson demurred, and that says a lot.

[barbtries]

3. i was watching this

dershowitz was allowed by Cooper to go on way too long and then instead of rebutting his "points" toobin just acted heartbroken. well boo hoo i can only take so much bullshit. i had to change the channel.

honestly this almost always happens when a republican is gish galloping on CNN. i just cannot take it.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Ha-ha. Dershowitz's best comeback was accusing Toobin of liberal bias?

I can't believe how we have allowed that frame to work so well for right-wing nutcases. An accusation of Liberal bias from a right-wing shill sounds like they have run out of salient points.

[MattP]

5. I disagree he's always been a slimeball

[TwistOneUp]

6. No...

He's only been a slimeball when he has a rich client or a "big settlement looming" client.

[sandensea]

7. Dershowitz doesn't carry water for Cheeto, as much as he does for Bibi.

And Netanyahoo's orders are simple: back Trump no matter what.

[YOHABLO]

8. B I N G G O !

[sandensea]

9. Thanks!

It is what it is.

[Honeycombe8]

17. I'm thinking that may be it. nt

[sandensea]

18. And not coincidentally,

we know learn that Isreali hackers (at Bibi's direction, certainly) were offering Cambridge Analytica private e-mails swiped from Democratic lawmakers.

I find it hard to believe the enterprising Mr. Nix didn't take them up on it.

Apparently it's not just a Russia controversy anymore.

[Honeycombe8]

20. I did not know that. ALSO...

regarding Dershowitz, in my reading I saw that Dershowitz repeatedly says that there is no evidence that Trump did anything wrong or illegal, or that he did not do anything wrong....with one exception: when Trump gave Israeli classified intel to the Russians in the Oval Office. For THAT, Dershowitz is willing to state that THAT was wrong, if it happened.

I though that was interesting.

[sandensea]

21. Yeah. Whenever Dersh runs into Bibi, the song that plays in that head of his is:

[Honeycombe8]

23. LOL! Yep. Love that song....

Pull the string...
I'll wink at you...
I'm your puppet!

[sandensea]

24. Make me do right...make me do wrong...

(and with Bibi, it's usually the latter)

[Honeycombe8]

25. LOL! nt

[BigmanPigman]

10. I can watch the ass for about as long as I can watch

Fuckubee Sanders at a presser which is a nanosecond. He is a complete waste of an intelligent mind. If he only used it for good instead of evil.

[spike91nz]

11. Liberal bias

Is a bias towards rational coherence and evidence. Reality appears to have a liberal bias.

[PaulX2]

12. And This Pile Of Garbage Can Practice Law

Insane.

[longship]

14. Dershowitz is a fucking toady.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Anyone who can sit there with a straight face and say the Justice Department...

... would be able to handle this investigation without the Trump crime cabal gumming up the works is full of shit... or a lawyer.

It would have been a three month investigation that found no wrongdoing. Amen the end.

[still_one]

26. He is right. Strange though because I have seen Toobin doing the same thing not too long ago