Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says he believes federal tax fraud charges filed in New York City against The Trump Organization’s longtime finance chief will end up being dismissed.
“You can’t get a city district attorney indicting somebody for failing to pay federal income taxes when the IRS hasn’t even gone after him,” Dershowitz said in a July 3 interview with Newsmax.
“One of the charges, a major charge, is grand larceny against the United States government.
“That shows the extent to which they are prepared to stretch existing law and the Constitution to give them authority over federal taxes. It’s absurd.”
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In light of his most recent controversy, we thought it was an apt time to look into the past and see what else Dershowitz has said. Here s a look at some of the truly shocking things the lawyer has uttered in the past.
Alan Dershowitz speaks to the press in the Senate Reception Room (Getty Images)
Defending Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell
The biggest controversy to date has to be Dershowitz s defense of Trump, during the former president s first impeachment. On the first day of the trial, the lawyer said, if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment. That argument shocked everyone, leading him to clarify later that he meant seeking help in an election is not necessarily corrupt . Dershowitz also slammed the media for twisting his words . Following the Capitol riots, Dershowitz also appeared on Newsmax and slammed the media for editing Trump s statements. If y
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Apr 9, 2021
Senators who Made an Impact, Despite First being Appointed (not Elected)
Harry Byrd, while Governor of Virginia, photographed ca. 1928
Ronald L. Feinman is the author of Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
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The US Senate, since the beginning of the 117
th Congress this January, has seen a grand total of 1,994 members in its 232-year history.
Among those, there have been a total of 202 appointed Senators since the adoption of the 17