Alan Dershowitz: 'I'm On the Way to Being Persuaded' Trump's Spygate Claims are Bogus

[DonViejo]

by Ken Meyer | 9:58 am, May 30th, 2018

Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz has defended President Donald Trump‘s “SpyGate” claims over the last few days — but now it seems he’s not so sure the president’s allegations are legitimate anymore.

In a conversation with Fox News’ Bill Hemmer, Dershowitz was asked for his thoughts about how Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) threw cold water on the notion that the FBI embedded a spy in Trump’s 2016 campaign. Dershowitz said he would prefer it if the inspector general looked into the matter, but he thought Gowdy’s reasoning about the FBI’s actions was sound last night.

“I’m halfway persuaded,” Dershowitz said. “I want to hear the inspector general and would like to see the facts myself, but I’m on the way to being persuaded.”

When Hemmer asked if the FBI should’ve told the Trump campaign about their investigation, Dershowitz said the Bureau should’ve at least informed Trump that they were looking into certain suspicious individuals. The professor added that it was a judgement call, though, and he wouldn’t criticize the FBI on that account.

Eventually, Hemmer asked about the connotations that the FBI remained silent about the preliminary investigation because it didn’t unveil anything hugely alarming. Dershowitz responded by saying its possible former Director James Comey was trying to even the playing field after how he handled the investigations into Hillary Clinton.

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/alan-dershowitz-im-on-the-way-to-being-persuaded-trumps-spygate-claims-are-bogus/

[Kingofalldems]

1. He has known they were bogus all along.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended for a "half way" duh

Thanks for the thread DonViejo

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Can't stand that fool... won't even admit the obvious.

[Botany]

4. "I'm halfway persuaded,"

aka lawyer speak for trying to cover his/her ass.

BTW I saw 10 minutes of Dershowitz last night in CNN and he was
a complete dick and argued that the A.G. is really the President's
lawyer not the top law enforcement agent in America.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I guess Derpowitz

forgot about the White House Counsel? Or, the president's personal lawyer?

[Botany]

11. +1

Dershowitz was really "round the bend" saying that Sessions should
have told Trump that he was going to recuse himself as A.G. when
he was nominated as A.G. even thought that was prior to Sen. Franken's
outing Session for his lies as per his meetings with Ambassador Kislyak.

[Uncle Joe]

14. "Almost Persuaded"

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Translation: I don't see Trump as a viable client, anymore.

[nolabels]

8. The business of lawyers, lie when ever necessary

[MaryMagdaline]

6. All of this leads me to believe that someone in Justice did one hell of a power point presentation

While meeting with Rethugs. Well done, civil servants-shielding-us-all-from-barbarians-at-the- gate.

[empedocles]

9. 'Doubts' about 'the orthodoxy' from Fox's Shepherd, Gowdy, now Dershowitz

hmmmm. 'Inch by inch we make our way?'

[EffieBlack]

10. He hasn't figured out that just Trump saying it should take him 3/4 way to knowing it's false

[gibraltar72]

12. Derwoschitz is DESPERATE for attention.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. Hey dipshit! We'll let you know when we might start giving a fuck. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. On the way?

For a legal scholar who knows more about the law than I do, he seems to be amazingly slow. Most of us knew it was bogus from the get go- and most of us aren't legal scholars.


What more does he need to know in order to completely dismiss it?