Dershowitz: Abuse Of Power Isn’t Impeachable [VIDEO]

January 19, 2020 Donald Trump, Impeachment

Attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Sunday the argument that a president cannot be impeached for abusing his power is a “strong one” that has been successful in the past.

Dershowitz, who’s serving as legal counsel for President Trump’s defense team in the Senate impeachment trial, told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” that he is following in the footsteps of Justice Benjamin Curtis who defended President Andrew Johnson. He said Curtis had argued that proof of a crime was necessary for a president to be removed from office.

“So I am making an argument much like the argument made by the great Justice Curtis,” he said. “And to call them absurdist is to, you know, insult one of the greatest jurists in American history. The argument is a strong one. The Senate should hear it.”

Dershowitz says “you can’t charge a president with impeachable conduct” if it doesn’t fit criteria in Constitution.

“I’m a liberal Democrat who voted against President Trump and who voted for Hillary Clinton. I’m here to present a constitutional argument” https://t.co/su65A8bcwG pic.twitter.com/srgJyOQ2qV

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