08-26-2018, 10:12 AM
(08-26-2018, 01:53 AM)ZEROSPHERES Wrote: I think Cohen was compelled to make statements regarding intentions and that may be where the law was broken. If a pardon is made with the intention to cover up a crime the law will have been broken. If a payment was made for the principal purpose and the intention of influencing the election the law has been broken. There is a reason this is unfolding the way it has. There is a reason Cohen has not been offered an immunity deal. I think it all has to do with nuance. Knit-picking is what Dershowitz excels at and I see him wanting to be on the Trump team. After seeing him on the OJ team I wonder if he is just in it for the money. Has he proffered his opinion in this matter looking for an invitation to be on another dream team?
I don't know Dershowitz's motives. I've seen him interviewed a few times recently. Sometimes he makes a very good point, in my opinion, and other times he's way off base and seems to me to be schilling for the president.
Anyway, he released a book in Trump's defense, he's on FOX all the time, and he's being talked about a lot again. Dershowitz has always loved media attention and defending famous people, so maybe he's just really enjoying the spotlight now.
Or, maybe he truly believes that the president is both being railroaded and virtually above the law and is passionate about making those cases publicly from a civil libertarian perspective (and anxious to be on the Trump defense team if charges are ever filed against the President, as you suspect).
I read an interesting piece about Dershowitz's motives for defending Trump a couple of months back. It's written by a journalist who spent two months interviewing Dershowitz. I'll see if I can find it.
ETA: The referenced article/interview: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/...ned-218359