My jaw literally dropped when Dershowitz invoked the Louis XIV defense -- "L'état, c'est moi!" Has he really gone full bore fascist in his old age? What a stain on his legacy... 😳
He's just doing his job as a lawyer. Unfortunately for him, his client has no plausible defense and he must try to confuse the issue to get his client off. Still makes him a shitty person for accepting to represent this case , no getting around that.
Unfortunately, about half the population here is not in possession of sufficient logic or comprehension to be trusted with the responsibility of voting. The public could quite easily vote, as they already did in 2016, to again give ultimate power to an empty husk of a human being with zero empathy, moral compass, remorse or dignity. I can tell you with 100% certainty that man is not doing what is in the best interest of America nor what is in the interest of even the people who worship the ground he walks on. He's nothing but a callous, ignorant, selfish vessel kept alive by hatred and fear. Every tweet he sends, he is trying to unleash the fury of millions of people towards innocent individuals that don't worship him. Close to half of the voters said: "yes that's my man, this will maek murica gud! its on the hat dude, its tru." Imagine that you're going to personally carry a raging bull into a china shop you own because you want him to gore a customer you don't like. You claim it'll "make the shop great again." You say "no one's perfect! it'll be fine if the bull breaks everything in the shop. He's trying his best, right? He's different from the other business strategies we've had. I'm telling you, it's going to make us a lot of money." You let him in. He mauls everything in sight, sends your employees to the hospital and leaves blood everywhere along with broken dishes and shards of glass on the floor, and while there are people screaming you smile and say "see? He's really doing it, we're finally a success! FORE MORE YEARS of bull king!" Still so many millions of people would take to their grave the conviction that the china shop is better than ever. As long as that's what our society is allowed to believe and enforce, there's really no hope for our species.
"line" by a corporate comedy hack liar who knows his audience is too dim to actually look up what Dershowitz actually meant, kind of says it all really.
Said by another npc fed opinions by corporate comedy puppet men. What's more likely, a revered constitutional scholar said something ridiculous or a comedy hack decided to deliberately misinterpret what he said because he knew the audience was too dim to catch the lie.
I don't need to be a constitutional scholar to understand the logical implications of the verbal garbage that came out of Dershowitz's mouth. He also explicitly stated that his "opinion" was "sadly in the minority" during his ranting. He was hired to put on a showy performance to defend an indefensible client, not to make a substantive argument. Now get the hell out of here you damn cultist.
Scary thing is they act as though there won't be a time when they aren't in power. What are we really witnessing here? Trump's daughter and her husband in key positions that they couldn't get security clearance for? Daddy just gave it to them??? This is getting creepy...eh, creepier
And, it really comes down to Senator Mitch McConnell not wanting to relinquish power. He & a few other top Republicans, who hated Bill & Hillary Clinton, worked for years to destroy the Clintons' reputations, & did everything to make Pres. Obama look bad & not let his or the Democrats' bills get through. It finally worked & they got their Patsy (Donald) in the White House, but their Patsy is an idiot & goes rogue all the time. Oh, what a tangled web we weave if at first we practice to deceive.
HA! I howled! Remember the time George got fired and just kept showing up to work because he thought the boss was just joking?!? Oh... wait... would Trump...nah... maybe...
@@alexanderrussell7597 And presidential traitor! Vlad wins! What the hell do you think they talk about in their secret meetings and calls? It's over folks, bend over and kiss it goodbye.
Everything that Trump is doing, the lies, name calling, hyperbole, rhetorics and insults and bullying even to head of states, our military and trade partners will become normal and acceptable. Even the corruptions. The wrongdoings will be the new right!! Thanks Vlad and Mitch!
America decided in its “public interest” to elect the Republican Party. 🇬🇧 decided in its “public interest” to Brexit and trust the Conservative Party. You reap what you sow. Que sera sera ....
The irony is that if all these talkshow hosts got the president they wanted in they wouldnt have material to use...well, they would since the Clintons are worse then Trump in their exploits, but they wouldnt be allowed to talk about it because of who holds their leash. So that's neat. It's fun to know that regardless who you vote for, they all suck and do not have your best interests in mind and in the end we all get screwed but at least we can have another reason the hate eachother and get caught up in bullshit instead of being mad at the actual people who orchestrate all this and rise above it to better ourselves as a collective. Anyways...back to hating eachother.
1. Unfortunately, I live in Kentucky so, ya know...Mitch McConnell is a waste of effort. And I highly doubt Rand Paul is gonna do anything productive, seeing that he's whining about Judge Roberts rejecting his written question because it included the name of a person accused of being the whistle-blower. 2. KY is overwhelmingly RED, almost 2 to 1. Our Governor (Andy Beshear - D) barely won by a little over 5000 votes, and that was mostly because our former Governor, Matt Bevins - R, screwed over state worker's and teacher's pensions. Bevins had also admitted to using tax payer money to pay for private plane trips, totaling Millions of dollars, while telling taxpayers it was "none of their business". That alone should tell you something about Kentucky voters. Republicans hold a Super Majority in the State General Assembly (Senate: 29 to 9, House: 61 to 37, with 2 vacant seats). I'm still gonna cast my vote, though. Even if it doesn't affect the outcome, I'll at least know I did my part and voted against Trump AND McConnell. Because, let's face it: Trump most likely won't be removed from office, and it's gonna be McConnell's fault.
@@davidjones6812 lol put down the crack pipe bro. If they were nazis then the literal nazis that marched for trump would have marched for the Democrats. But they marched for trump for some....reason...
So this means that Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Tse Toung, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ghadafi, etc... "believing" that they were acting in the public interest were right to do so? What kind of craziness is this??? These guys are complete nuts!!!
What's more likely, a constitutional scholar said something unbelievable or a comedy hack decided to misinterpret what he meant. What's nuts is that his audience are so easily led.
@@churblefurbles That is your problem in this day and age; you are either trolling or not believing the evil in front of you. Get grounded and stop drinking the republican evil cool-aid.
@@anstef1485 Hitler made The Beatles look un popular.He didn't BELIEVE he was acting in the public interest ,he WAS as far as the majority of the German people were concerned
@@davehoward22 Lol, no. He never got a majority in a national election. He "removed" any opposition and alternative. Later a lot of Germans supported the Nazis as they have gone too far and were afraid of taking responsibility for their own actions. Being against was not only dangerous, it also meant to stand up for others while it was so much easier to follow. They believed lies like "he saved the economy" or relativated what happened. Reminds you of something?
What's more likely, that a constitutional scholar made a ridiculous argument or a corporate comedy hack decided to feed you a misinterpretation of what he meant. What's ridiculous is how easily you people are led.
"When the President does it, it's not illegal." However, it actually is illegal. The GOP is complicit in Donald's crimes, so vote them out in November! Blue 🌊
As a mouse, I would like to say that the Red cats are treating us poorly, in fact sometimes using us as sustenance. As we are blessed to live in a beautiful Democratic Republic, we have an answer! We should vote the BLUE cats in. Surely they will treat us better....THEY'RE BLUE! Sounds silly doesn't it? Yet, here we are.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting. Comeon all you trumptards please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?! I pray for you...everyday.
@@carolynhoechst4277, I wish I could "like" your post a dozen times. Adam Schiff is a California Representative, and I couldn't be prouder that he represents MY state! :-)
That's not even the worst part of their "defense". They also said congress does not have the power to check the president. The GOP would be fine with a dictator at this point.
Is that what this is all about? Seriously! They act as if they will always be in power. Is this the beginning of a real life Handmaid's Tale situation? His followers are already threatening violence against liberals... or anybody except maga people actually.
To be fair, they've been fine with a dictator since the early 1970s, if not even longer than that. In fact, I'd say that's what the GOP leadership has been working towards since Nixon, or actually since Goldwater.
THAT SHIP BEEN SAILED AFTER THE 60s/70s...THE ONLY THING AMERICANS CARE TO ABOUT IS ACHIEVING MIDDLE-CLASS STATUS, RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA... FACE IT, LESSER ECONOMIC COUNTRIES ALREADY ELECTED THEIR 1st FEMALE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER... MOREOVER, THE AMERICANS ARE FED THE CONSTANT LIE THAT AMERICA IS THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, WHICH IS A BLATANT MISNOMER... OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN PLACE... THE SAME AMERICANS DON'T CARE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY 2X FOR HEALTH INSURANCE... (1st) THE GOVERNMENT TAKE OUT MONEY EACH PAYCHECK TOWARD HEALTHCARE FOR OTHERS TO ACCESS (CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE, ETC) AND (2nd) THE WORKER MUST PAY BIWEEKLY INTO A PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH MOST TIMES REQUIRE A CO-PAYMENT SCHEME... THAT IS HOW STUPID THEY ARE ABOUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS...
"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that [is not a crime].”-- Alan Dershowitz That is the same justification that was used by Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-un, Idi Amin, Manuel Noriega and every other loathsome head of state. Meanwhile 75% of Americans want witnesses and documents brought into the Senate. Will the GOP Senators reflect the desires of the public or protect their own interests?
@David Webb So where did all this correct and corroborated information that was in the whistleblower report come from? The whistleblower report isn't being used as the factual basis it was what launched an investigation. Why would they go through the trouble of making up a whistleblower when there were obviously people who were bothered and could be used as a primary source.
@dizzymasekela Based on his circular logic, weirdly truncated sentence structure, and high school level spelling errors, I think @David Webb is a 16 yo boy. Is that correct, little David?
I mean... Should we just let Hunter Biden steal our tax money? Too bad his dad is running for president, but i don't want senators giving millions of our tax dollars to their kids as their personal allowance. The ONLY reason they could flip this around is because people hate Trump more than they hate actual crimes.
@@pauld.b7129 when did Biden commit these crimes? Who's job was it to investigate? How many years did the house and Senate let this slide? Which party was in charge of during that time?
@@mattfuentes2893 Im not the dudes lawyer, google it buddy. He got given a job on the board of Directors at a Natural gas company that he had neither the qualifications or experience for, he essentially did nothing and collected millions a year in salary. Its clearly a political favor setup and possibly more influential than that even. And yes that would be Ukraine who should be looking into corruption in their own country. We don't really have the power to just go in and investigate ourselves. Its amazing your more concerned with taking down the elected president than actual corruption by long time officials.
@@pauld.b7129 BuddyPal I was talking about Joe Biden and the oversight of the executive branch. That guy is corrupt and should have been investigated. It was a political favor and corrupt as hell. This president committed a crime...so did others. Look at the questions again and don't assume I'm one one side or the other of this pathetic shitshow.
There`s a difference between Nixon and Dear Leader Comrade Trump, Nixon was a President who became a crook, Dear Leader Trump was a crook who became President.
@Ima Notel So, you just copy and paste that under every comment? Genius. Just as an FYI, the Caps Lock can now be turned off. We have the technology. Now go back to eating your crayons.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting. Comeon all you trumptards out there please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?! I pray for you...everyday.
@@couragekarnga8735 They want a TV reality show host who amassed a fortune through shameless self-promotion and crooked dealings, who is a rude liar of limited intellect, just like them.
+Mikey Kliss ~ Was thinking same. Everything the Rs said "well, it would be different if" has actually come true (and they still don't care), so of course there are kickbacks and sleazy deals, this is DT's mobster MO. Remember, DT is shocked at all this trouble over just a phone call. If we only knew the rest!
@Crow Killer Maybe the fact that the Vice President was housed, at extreme taxpayer expenditure, at a Trump property on his trip to Ireland, all the way across the country, and had to be flown in to the destination he was supposed to be working in to do his assignment?
Now this is something Putin can agree with. Dictators just want to do what’s best for their country. 😀 So if they poison a few people or throw them in prison that’s good. His support for trump for president is paying off bigly.
I can't believe so many of my fellow American's are this blind. He will go to prison as soon as he steps down so if he gets acquitted and reelected he will start a war to keep the seat. This is insanity
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting. Comeon all you trumptards please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?! I pray for you...everyday.
@@rowynnecrowley1689 I wouldn't. Nixon is smart and cunning. Not to mention responsible for most of the incarcerations that's affecting us to this day.
Fan Mac > he is a lawyer alright. But he’s more associated more with those people who break the law! He’s a chameleon that changes color (opinion) when it’s convenient.
Strident judgement by someone who got their opinion from a comedy hack, now go look at what he actually meant and said, and realize you aren't fit to judge who is a moral human being.
"It's best for the country that I get reelected." Well that's a pretty damn vague standard! -- Not to mention that it's the same mindset as Hitler and other authoritarian creeps. Dershowitz has fallen SO far down!!!!
It's also in Trumps public interest of getting re-elected - and all government officials that Dershowitz knows would agree - that democratic candidates are locked up and publicly executed after the national convention. Not an impeachable crime when the president orders it! Build the crooked witchhunt!!
@John michael All that religious gibberish for this most immoral of 'presidents'. Yuck! No wonder I SPRINTED away from organized religion and people like "Maureen" and their visions...
You are right, if people will support someone who is so obviously wrong what else will they do or support. Trump is in America’s eye for at the most 8 years, his supporters will be around for generations.
65% if you live in an echo chamber and think Colbert represents the opinion of the general public. Spoiler he dosnt, and that attitude is the same one that assured us Hillary would win 2016.
Google stop it Exactly-He laid the premise for a dictatorship. Extending Dershowitz’s logic, if Trump’s presidency is in the best public interest then any election that might unseat him is operating against the People.
Credulous Boomer Rube insulting a person for no reason, then being told to stop acting like a child, then continuing to insult a person. Kinda makes you look like a child.
*_"Don't do it, sir."_* He just had to add in the "sir." Have you noticed.....he LOVES when people call him sir. He takes every opportunity to remind us that some people call him sir. Cool.
The way Stephen yelled the monologue and was so direct gives me the feeling that he's really had enough of how stupid this whole presidency has been. I love it. It feels right
@Ima Notel you really need to calm dowm pal, the fact that you are emotional, and dont even listening what is being said, what the evidence is, and what Trump did, and that you still support him, shows that you could be seeing your own country on fire and you just dont care, and that is horrifying
"The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth." - Dershowitz Yes that is a Dershowitz quote!
August 9, 1982, U.S. News & World Business Report is the source of that important quote. If I were guilty, and had unlimited funds, I would hire Dershowitz.
He’s right when it comes to personal lawyers who are hired,but White House lawyers are public officials we pay for to protect the office not the person.
In all honesty that is the job of a defense lawyer. It doesn’t matter if you know your client is guilty, it is your job to get him off scott free, or close enough. If you cannot remove your personal bias and defend that scumbag, you need to make it known and remove yourself. What I think about that doe not matter, thats just the system they work in. I am not sure about this situation though...
Is there still a bounty on Donald’s head for $3,000,000? Run for president, kill him, collect the bounty, and since it was in your best interest to have that money for your election they can’t convict you
Question: Would Dershowitz defend a presidential assassin on the grounds that he believed what he did was in the best interest of the country??? THAT'S CRAZY!!!
Law School...first day: no one knows the human heart therefore: "You cannot legislate morality." However as MLK once said, you CAN legislate behavior. Dershowitz's argument is totally invalid on its face as he has taken INTENT completely out of the equation. With this argument he is saying that all elected officials' behavior, regardless of intent, is excusable because the end result is for the "public interest." Using that argument, what then is the purpose of impeachment?
I don't agree. I think Dershowitz was trying (and failing miserably) to bring intent *into* the equation. Essentially: "Trump believes his re-election is in the Public Interest, and thus Trump's *intent* was to serve the Public Interest". It's still a bullshit argument and easily disproven, obviously, but I do think it pays to be aware of what they were trying to say.
@@AhsimNreiziev , "The intent was to further public interest by making sure I get reelected... and once I'm reelected, I'll change the laws so that murdering my opponent isn't illegal." - America's Dictator 30 years from now That's Alan's argument in a nut shell.
Sort of. He’s saying the intent is good because sociopathic narcissists say their power is good for us....but I doubt Trump even thinks about the public good, even in a sick deluded way-Trump thinks about Trump. And that’s as far as it goes.
Aralorn Wolf Trump’s lawyers literally argued- in a court of law -that Ttump CAN shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and can’t be indicted or stopped from shooting more people while he is in office. The judge disagreed but the GOP agrees.
To clarify my humble opinion: what Dershowitz is basically saying is that the Mens Rea component of a criminal act for politicians has has been removed and when there is no guilty mindset there can be no guilty act, therefore no guilty intent. A huge get out of jail free card for elected officials. And a bad, bad precedent. It can only end badly.
The scary part isn’t that Trump keeps trying to convince his followers these lies and nonsense - it’s that *THEY BELIEVE HIM* Praying for our democracy and our republic.
They do no. They say "That's just Trump". The goal is to install a fundamentalist religios dictatorship in their image. As long as Trump makes abortion illegal and cuts social service so children can be born and starve to death, they will tell the naked emperor how great his dresses are... so basically, they lie to him just as he lies to them.
So much ignorance and misinformation here and in the comments below......yes you can can convince yourselfs, the others are stupid. Who knows one day it might become reality.
@Ima Notel am I the only one who is wondering why this person used these different descriptions for the dem party when everything you just said also qualifies for the Republican party as well honestly both parties aren't squeaky clean as well and I think everyone knows that now in America. Well George Washington himself warned about party systems being in charge of America democracy and it is clear that he was right. Honestly I give it another few years until China becomes the Global Superpower over America because the state of the country cannot be repaired whether Trump is impeached or not( not aligned with any party but even I believe trump finds a way out of this) this country can never trust or view it's government the same way again
@Credulous Boomer Rube Heres a fake legal argument: "My client left the bank with $100k. I have seen many people leave the bank with much more than that. Every day people leave the bank with lots of money. And they do not get arrested for it! Therefore my client can not have done anything illegal when he robbed the bank." Now lets see if you can figure out how this example is relevant to the "Quid pro quo" argument.
Cy Ezé ignore jason, he’s so desperate for attention he’s posting that comment all over the place. He probably stole it from another dullard trumplikkklan.
ME: Yes, i was the one who shot that innocent man on 5th avenue but i did it with the public's interest in mind. Police Officer: Well you're free to go.
The words that the founders thought so important that they wrote it in BIG, BOLD LETTERS at the top of the page on which they penned the Constitution, five times the size of the rest that followed. That's because they were making it clear that it wasn't from God or king or wealth or privilege or custom that their power derived, but from the will of the people. If ever we allow any politician forget that, we might as well have ripped that Constitution to shreds, including all protections guaranteed within the Bill of Rights and subsequent Amendments.
This lawyer may be able to win cases, but he is a horrible human being, because he doesn't have decent values for him to defend such an awful monster in WH.
Fan Mac I know right?! Trump actually wants to protect babies in the womb! What a monster. And he wants to protect religious freedoms! How outrageous. And he wants to limit government control!! But government knows best!!! How dare he?
@@gdgood1000 I think by religious freedom you mean Christian freedom. Anyway, if all of the terrible things he's done, you've managed to point out a whole two things that make Trump good. Says a lot.
Charles Smith - well if ol' Alan does get fired by Harvard Law, he can always get a job patting Pompeo's fat a$$! After all, with as many square inches as there is on it to both massage and kiss, that would undoubtedly provide him with ample job security!
""... And I am lying, but I believe that lying is in the best interest of our Country"" and so on... It has a name it"s called Regime. R.I.P. Democracy
"The only way a quid pro quo would be unlawful is if the quo is illegal". So you can bribe for anything that is not an unlawful possession or activity? Hmmmmm
Harvard should be ashamed. He's professor "emeritus" but he should be forced to retire... like my grandfather who was a genius engineer who invented a machine to manufacture paper bags. He wasn't senile.
@@thoughtfortheday7811 I mean think about it, the man is paid and hired to defend trump. Even if trump has no defense, he MUST find something. He can't just go there and say, "your honor, honestly my client is guilty and there is no defense," he plays the other side and HAS to defend his client. Now it's also possible that dershowitz is doing it to support trump, but the idea still stands, he has to defend the president, even if there is no defense.
@@Explicitnice totally agree with you, his job is to do the best he can for his client. He's also setting up future defences in that anything Trump does is defendable for the same reason. A dangerous move, if allowed.
@@Explicitnice yep..anything...even at the detriment of his own credibility..if that even exists. It seems Trump surrounds himself with fools....to give the illusion that he is brilliant?
Zimmerman if u are a lawyer, which I don't believe why don't you have a counter argument to prove he's wrong. Instead just a biased response, " utter nonsense" I'm sure the court would be very impressed with your objection.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting. Comeon all you trumptards out there please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?! I pray for you...everyday.
That really does a disservice to NIxon's actual policy achievements: ending the Vietnam War (albeit after making it worse), establishing the EPA, ending the draft, trying to establish national healthcare and a UBI (although they failed in Congress), and establishing $1.6b in cancer research funding. By modern standards dude governed further to the left than Obama. He was a dirty dealing POS, but at least his signature achievement was more than "gave myself a huge tax cut."
So simple. "Only the public gets to decide what's in the public interest. Not the politician." Thank you Mr. Colbert, and all the writers on The Late Show.
You're just jelly you cannot speak the bigly genius Trump does... "Look, having nuclear-my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart -you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world-it's true!-but when you're a conservative Republican they try-oh, do they do a number-that's why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune-you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged-but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me-it would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right-who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners-now it used to be three, now it's four-but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years-but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us." LOL!
Nah, he's not that complicated. If it benefits Trump, it's going to happen. Trump is all about putting money in his own pocket and winning himself advantages, while posturing to look good if he can. That's why he's been charging outrageous rates for empty rooms in his hotels to foreign missions, who rent the rooms to curry favor.
3:00 OMG that's the first time I heard Prof D's argument. This is so disingenuous especially from a professor. Any freshman year student who paid attention in logic could blow holes a mile wide through this...wtf is the word??? JABBERWOCKY This sounds more like a divinely ordained king than a president of the USA
Dershowitz is an interesting case. He doesn't actually support Trump and is on record saying he would be personally hurt if he got acquitted, but he also has a particular interpretation of the constitution (not surprising, lots of legal professionals do) which he now has to reconcile with defending the indefensible. I feel like Dershowitz is self-aware enough to know he's making an absurd argument. He's just doing it because he has to. Just like how even a serial killer who left 20 confession notes, showed detailed and calculated plans, and led police to all the bodies, still has to have a defense attorney try to make _some_ sort of argument.
Trump: "He thinks I don't know what the state is. But I am a very smart man. People keep telling me, they can't believe how smart I am. The state is the greatest state -- we all know Minneapolis. Great football team, they have. I ate their cheese once, good sandwiches. Love that state."
If I had a million dollars, I would do great things with it, which _I believe,_ would be in the public interest, therefor, robbing a bank to get it, _can't_ be illegal. Good grief...😣
And not fake news with a political agenda that is false and very one-sided. Sorry bud but what you call news here isn't news. It's a political stunt originating from opinions. That's all it is in today's America
Lincoln also recalled soldiers to Indiana so that they could vote for him. The soldiers were conducting essential duties and Lincoln violated national security to score votes. Sound familiar?
"Only the public gets to decide what's in the public's best interest, NOT the politician."
Perfect. Perfect words.
Not going to happen. Illusions of choice. If Americans choice counted. HRC would be president.
My jaw literally dropped when Dershowitz invoked the Louis XIV defense -- "L'état, c'est moi!" Has he really gone full bore fascist in his old age? What a stain on his legacy... 😳
He'll go full bore anything so long as the check clears.
I called it Soviet logic in my comment.
🤣 What legacy? Get outta here.
What legacy
His legacy has been stained long before this my friend
I'm just amazed. The nerve of this lawyer person is unbelievable. And this is a scholar in one of the most prestigious universities? Oh dear.
He's just doing his job as a lawyer. Unfortunately for him, his client has no plausible defense and he must try to confuse the issue to get his client off. Still makes him a shitty person for accepting to represent this case , no getting around that.
@@suimeingwong2043 well he was able to get OJ acquitted.
Well you can get into any collage with enough money.
@@FoolOfATuque correction johnny got OJ off
"Only the public gets to decide what is in the public interest" BEST LINE EVER!!!
wake up states are getting more and more RED, 2020 will be a landslide
@@khav11 Actually the exact opposite is happening
@Ken K Yes
Unfortunately, about half the population here is not in possession of sufficient logic or comprehension to be trusted with the responsibility of voting. The public could quite easily vote, as they already did in 2016, to again give ultimate power to an empty husk of a human being with zero empathy, moral compass, remorse or dignity.
I can tell you with 100% certainty that man is not doing what is in the best interest of America nor what is in the interest of even the people who worship the ground he walks on. He's nothing but a callous, ignorant, selfish vessel kept alive by hatred and fear. Every tweet he sends, he is trying to unleash the fury of millions of people towards innocent individuals that don't worship him. Close to half of the voters said: "yes that's my man, this will maek murica gud! its on the hat dude, its tru."
Imagine that you're going to personally carry a raging bull into a china shop you own because you want him to gore a customer you don't like. You claim it'll "make the shop great again." You say "no one's perfect! it'll be fine if the bull breaks everything in the shop. He's trying his best, right? He's different from the other business strategies we've had. I'm telling you, it's going to make us a lot of money." You let him in. He mauls everything in sight, sends your employees to the hospital and leaves blood everywhere along with broken dishes and shards of glass on the floor, and while there are people screaming you smile and say "see? He's really doing it, we're finally a success! FORE MORE YEARS of bull king!"
Still so many millions of people would take to their grave the conviction that the china shop is better than ever. As long as that's what our society is allowed to believe and enforce, there's really no hope for our species.
"line" by a corporate comedy hack liar who knows his audience is too dim to actually look up what Dershowitz actually meant, kind of says it all really.
This is the logic of a tyrant. There's no other way to put it.
Sic semper tyrannis.
That's one way to put it.
I and I alone is fit for office, the constitution is just a footnote to my authority
It's Dershowitz's logic. And he's a Harvard Law professor teaching young kids, believe it or not....
Said by another npc fed opinions by corporate comedy puppet men. What's more likely, a revered constitutional scholar said something ridiculous or a comedy hack decided to deliberately misinterpret what he said because he knew the audience was too dim to catch the lie.
I don't need to be a constitutional scholar to understand the logical implications of the verbal garbage that came out of Dershowitz's mouth. He also explicitly stated that his "opinion" was "sadly in the minority" during his ranting. He was hired to put on a showy performance to defend an indefensible client, not to make a substantive argument. Now get the hell out of here you damn cultist.
The WH defense, summarized:
*"We don't care. We don't have to: we're in power."*
Scary thing is they act as though there won't be a time when they aren't in power. What are we really witnessing here? Trump's daughter and her husband in key positions that they couldn't get security clearance for? Daddy just gave it to them??? This is getting creepy...eh, creepier
Pak De They’re setting up a dictatorship dynasty. Just following the Fascist playbook.
And, it really comes down to Senator Mitch McConnell not wanting to relinquish power. He & a few other top Republicans, who hated Bill & Hillary Clinton, worked for years to destroy the Clintons' reputations, & did everything to make Pres. Obama look bad & not let his or the Democrats' bills get through. It finally worked & they got their Patsy (Donald) in the White House, but their Patsy is an idiot & goes rogue all the time. Oh, what a tangled web we weave if at first we practice to deceive.
100%
Moe God willing.
Remember when Republicans said Obama would trash the Constitution?
Dershowitz: Hold my beer
😂😂😂😂
More like..."Hold my underwear"
Remember."it's not a lie if you believe it" George Costanza
HA! I howled! Remember the time George got fired and just kept showing up to work because he thought the boss was just joking?!? Oh... wait... would Trump...nah... maybe...
We’re going to have our first dicktator !!!
Samantha B said it best..We'll have to plunge the orange turd out like the festering clog that he is...
@@alexanderrussell7597 And presidential traitor! Vlad wins! What the hell do you think they talk about in their secret meetings and calls? It's over folks, bend over and kiss it goodbye.
Everything that Trump is doing, the lies, name calling, hyperbole, rhetorics and insults and bullying even to head of states, our military and trade partners will become normal and acceptable. Even the corruptions. The wrongdoings will be the new right!! Thanks Vlad and Mitch!
“Only the public should decide what is in the public’s interest, not the politicians”
Apparently the GOP believes everyone is like their loyal supporters: too stupid to know what's in their best interests.
What Prof D described sounds more like a divinely ordained king than a president.
That one will go down in the history books. Or at the very least it should.
America decided in its “public interest” to elect the Republican Party.
🇬🇧 decided in its “public interest” to Brexit and trust the Conservative Party.
You reap what you sow. Que sera sera ....
The irony is that if all these talkshow hosts got the president they wanted in they wouldnt have material to use...well, they would since the Clintons are worse then Trump in their exploits, but they wouldnt be allowed to talk about it because of who holds their leash. So that's neat. It's fun to know that regardless who you vote for, they all suck and do not have your best interests in mind and in the end we all get screwed but at least we can have another reason the hate eachother and get caught up in bullshit instead of being mad at the actual people who orchestrate all this and rise above it to better ourselves as a collective. Anyways...back to hating eachother.
My American friends, with all respect, You guys need to vote these blind politicians out of Washington please, I beg you!
Since the GOP is about to make foreign interference legal, you are welcome to come on over and help.
I've lost a lot of faith in my fellow Americans over the last few years
Chalchiuhtlicue I came to the hard realization that half of American citizens are an absolute embarrassment
@@papotetuve not quite half, there is still hope
We will ~ Bernie 2020
Folks need to do TWO simple things.
1. Pick up the phone and call your senator!
2. VOTE them out!
Nef Africia yes!! And don’t stop!
@Ima Notel I vote for him to go to jail. 2020 is right, 20 for abuse of power and 20 for obstructing Congress.
1. Unfortunately, I live in Kentucky so, ya know...Mitch McConnell is a waste of effort. And I highly doubt Rand Paul is gonna do anything productive, seeing that he's whining about Judge Roberts rejecting his written question because it included the name of a person accused of being the whistle-blower.
2. KY is overwhelmingly RED, almost 2 to 1. Our Governor (Andy Beshear - D) barely won by a little over 5000 votes, and that was mostly because our former Governor, Matt Bevins - R, screwed over state worker's and teacher's pensions. Bevins had also admitted to using tax payer money to pay for private plane trips, totaling Millions of dollars, while telling taxpayers it was "none of their business". That alone should tell you something about Kentucky voters. Republicans hold a Super Majority in the State General Assembly (Senate: 29 to 9, House: 61 to 37, with 2 vacant seats).
I'm still gonna cast my vote, though. Even if it doesn't affect the outcome, I'll at least know I did my part and voted against Trump AND McConnell. Because, let's face it: Trump most likely won't be removed from office, and it's gonna be McConnell's fault.
Never vote Democrats again the party of hate and Nazi ideas lying daily wasting time
@@davidjones6812 lol put down the crack pipe bro. If they were nazis then the literal nazis that marched for trump would have marched for the Democrats. But they marched for trump for some....reason...
So this means that Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Tse Toung, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ghadafi, etc... "believing" that they were acting in the public interest were right to do so? What kind of craziness is this??? These guys are complete nuts!!!
What's more likely, a constitutional scholar said something unbelievable or a comedy hack decided to misinterpret what he meant. What's nuts is that his audience are so easily led.
@@churblefurbles They showed him speaking, no interpretation needed....
@@churblefurbles That is your problem in this day and age; you are either trolling or not believing the evil in front of you. Get grounded and stop drinking the republican evil cool-aid.
@@anstef1485 Hitler made The Beatles look un popular.He didn't BELIEVE he was acting in the public interest ,he WAS as far as the majority of the German people were concerned
@@davehoward22 Lol, no. He never got a majority in a national election. He "removed" any opposition and alternative. Later a lot of Germans supported the Nazis as they have gone too far and were afraid of taking responsibility for their own actions. Being against was not only dangerous, it also meant to stand up for others while it was so much easier to follow. They believed lies like "he saved the economy" or relativated what happened. Reminds you of something?
"The only way a quid pro quo would be illegal is if the quo is illegal." This is patently absurd.
"If the glove does not fit you must acquit" Absurd is what he does.
Not to mention, the "quo", soliciting foreign interference in a U.S. Election, *was* illegal.
The classic Chewbacca defence
"Patently Absurd" should be the Trumpublican party (because that's what they are now) slogan.
Alan Dershowitz should be disbarred for the ridiculous argument he presented today.
What's more likely, that a constitutional scholar made a ridiculous argument or a corporate comedy hack decided to feed you a misinterpretation of what he meant.
What's ridiculous is how easily you people are led.
And his law degree taken away .
"When the President does it,
it's not illegal."
However, it actually is illegal. The GOP is complicit in Donald's crimes, so vote them out in November! Blue 🌊
And we thought Nixon was bad!
I dare anyone to use that defense in a court of law and livestream it.. lol
As a mouse, I would like to say that the Red cats are treating us poorly, in fact sometimes using us as sustenance. As we are blessed to live in a beautiful Democratic Republic, we have an answer! We should vote the BLUE cats in. Surely they will treat us better....THEY'RE BLUE!
Sounds silly doesn't it? Yet, here we are.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting.
Comeon all you trumptards please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?!
I pray for you...everyday.
Vote Bernie Sanders
I've always loved the "Don and the Giant Impeach" graphic, but this one is the best!
Dershowitz is a shining example of why everybody hates lawyers.
Brad75, and Adam Schiff is a good example of what ALL lawyers should aspire to be, imo.
Lawyers don't defend the law, they bend the rules in favor of whoever's paying them.
He must be very sick.
Dershowitz is selling the American dream. Nothing is illegal if you believe in yourself.
@@carolynhoechst4277, I wish I could "like" your post a dozen times. Adam Schiff is a California Representative, and I couldn't be prouder that he represents MY state! :-)
That's not even the worst part of their "defense". They also said congress does not have the power to check the president. The GOP would be fine with a dictator at this point.
Unless that dictator is a democrat. That would be a problem. Bonus points if it's a person of color or....a woman 😱...or both 😱😱😱
Is that what this is all about? Seriously! They act as if they will always be in power. Is this the beginning of a real life Handmaid's Tale situation? His followers are already threatening violence against liberals... or anybody except maga people actually.
To be fair, they've been fine with a dictator since the early 1970s, if not even longer than that. In fact, I'd say that's what the GOP leadership has been working towards since Nixon, or actually since Goldwater.
Traitors!!
They would be? They are. That's what this is. This is no longer a presidency. It is now a dictatorship
“The people get to decide what is in the public interest NOT the politician.”
It’s called “We The People.”
Ima Notel ok boomer
@Ima Notel You know this comment is breaking a hole in Trump's defense right?
@@hunterblane610 he is a Trump supporter he, is ignorant, therefore no he does not realize that 🤣.
Lol
THAT SHIP BEEN SAILED AFTER THE 60s/70s...THE ONLY THING AMERICANS CARE TO ABOUT IS ACHIEVING MIDDLE-CLASS STATUS, RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA... FACE IT, LESSER ECONOMIC COUNTRIES ALREADY ELECTED THEIR 1st FEMALE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER... MOREOVER, THE AMERICANS ARE FED THE CONSTANT LIE THAT AMERICA IS THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, WHICH IS A BLATANT MISNOMER... OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN PLACE... THE SAME AMERICANS DON'T CARE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY 2X FOR HEALTH INSURANCE... (1st) THE GOVERNMENT TAKE OUT MONEY EACH PAYCHECK TOWARD HEALTHCARE FOR OTHERS TO ACCESS (CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE, ETC) AND (2nd) THE WORKER MUST PAY BIWEEKLY INTO A PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH MOST TIMES REQUIRE A CO-PAYMENT SCHEME... THAT IS HOW STUPID THEY ARE ABOUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS...
"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that [is not a crime].”-- Alan Dershowitz That is the same justification that was used by Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-un, Idi Amin, Manuel Noriega and every other loathsome head of state. Meanwhile 75% of Americans want witnesses and documents brought into the Senate. Will the GOP Senators reflect the desires of the public or protect their own interests?
@David Webb Since y'all keep asking. Why in the world do you want the whistleblower?
@David Webb So where did all this correct and corroborated information that was in the whistleblower report come from? The whistleblower report isn't being used as the factual basis it was what launched an investigation. Why would they go through the trouble of making up a whistleblower when there were obviously people who were bothered and could be used as a primary source.
@dizzymasekela Based on his circular logic, weirdly truncated sentence structure, and high school level spelling errors, I think @David Webb is a 16 yo boy. Is that correct, little David?
We shouldn't hold our breath on that one.
JIMMY N welcome to the failed state of America.
Harvard should distance itself from Dershowitz.
I hear he is complaining about being ostracised in Cape Cod.
*No one* wants anything to do with him.
@Ima Notel Can you give an example?
Credulous Boomer Rube Take off take ‘fooking’ hat. You might as well tattoo a swastika on your forehead!
My last root canal didn't hurt as much as this 'presidency', and I use that term loosely.
Funny, i use the term crazed dream of a whackadoodle myself
Root canal surgery is over much more quickly.
And bless you, you used the proper "loosely"....thank you.
@@marylhere I enjoy a decent adverb, too. So rare, these days.
@@marylhere Or (just for fun) "so rarely used these days".
According to Dershowitz, killing your opponent could be argued as doing so in the public’s interest. 🥺
I mean... Should we just let Hunter Biden steal our tax money? Too bad his dad is running for president, but i don't want senators giving millions of our tax dollars to their kids as their personal allowance. The ONLY reason they could flip this around is because people hate Trump more than they hate actual crimes.
@Ima Notel but Trump's an idiot. He has proven it hundreds of times.
@@pauld.b7129 when did Biden commit these crimes? Who's job was it to investigate? How many years did the house and Senate let this slide? Which party was in charge of during that time?
@@mattfuentes2893 Im not the dudes lawyer, google it buddy. He got given a job on the board of Directors at a Natural gas company that he had neither the qualifications or experience for, he essentially did nothing and collected millions a year in salary. Its clearly a political favor setup and possibly more influential than that even. And yes that would be Ukraine who should be looking into corruption in their own country. We don't really have the power to just go in and investigate ourselves. Its amazing your more concerned with taking down the elected president than actual corruption by long time officials.
@@pauld.b7129 BuddyPal I was talking about Joe Biden and the oversight of the executive branch. That guy is corrupt and should have been investigated. It was a political favor and corrupt as hell. This president committed a crime...so did others. Look at the questions again and don't assume I'm one one side or the other of this pathetic shitshow.
There`s a difference between Nixon and Dear Leader Comrade Trump, Nixon was a President who became a crook, Dear Leader Trump was a crook who became President.
Lmao
David Webb
Please elaborate on how and how much more money you made.
That's BS.
soul-crushingly true...
MICKSS350 well said!
"Only the public gets to decide what is in the public interest"...brilliant!!!
The danger in playing "the Devil's Advocate" over and over is forgetting you're advocating for the Devil.
@Ima Notel Do you have anything remotely more intelligent to offer? Watching you spam the comment section for attention is just tragic.
@Ima Notel oh! Oh! I am stricken to the quick by your empty barb!
Erick Beard people should just report for spam lol
@Ima Notel So, you just copy and paste that under every comment? Genius. Just as an FYI, the Caps Lock can now be turned off. We have the technology. Now go back to eating your crayons.
Republicans Defense : Crime is not a Crime if Trump did it. Get over it.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting.
Comeon all you trumptards out there please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?!
I pray for you...everyday.
They want a king.
DEFENSE
@@couragekarnga8735 They want a TV reality show host who amassed a fortune through shameless self-promotion and crooked dealings, who is a rude liar of limited intellect, just like them.
It´s not a crime when he´s wearing underwear (aka the Dershowitz defense)
Pretty sure the hotel kick back thing is happening with Trump already
+Mikey Kliss ~ Was thinking same. Everything the Rs said "well, it would be different if" has actually come true (and they still don't care), so of course there are kickbacks and sleazy deals, this is DT's mobster MO. Remember, DT is shocked at all this trouble over just a phone call. If we only knew the rest!
@Crow Killer Maybe the fact that the Vice President was housed, at extreme taxpayer expenditure, at a Trump property on his trip to Ireland, all the way across the country, and had to be flown in to the destination he was supposed to be working in to do his assignment?
@@MechalemmiwinksV2 Good craic.
Oh yeah it is.
More waste of tax payer dollars. He can just reelected.
Dershowitz: "My client is absolutely guilty but it doesn't matter because he can do whatever he wants."
That's literally how dictators operate! I'm scared!
Now this is something Putin can agree with. Dictators just want to do what’s best for their country. 😀 So if they poison a few people or throw them in prison that’s good. His support for trump for president is paying off bigly.
I can't believe so many of my fellow American's are this blind. He will go to prison as soon as he steps down so if he gets acquitted and reelected he will start a war to keep the seat. This is insanity
Thats bullshit.
Dershowitz basically proved how guilty Trump is with his arguments, which is a really stupid legal defense strategy.
According to his favourite saying..."Lets assume hypothetically that Alan Dershorwitz's arguments made an ounce of sense " No...we cant. IMPOSSIBLE!
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting.
Comeon all you trumptards please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?!
I pray for you...everyday.
Err gag You have a u in favourite. I'm curious to know where you're from.
I love your comments, day after day. 🤙 Peace!
@@companerger9416 Hope you realize that's the right spelling. I'm Bolt's countryman and neighbour. Peace and love mi brethren!
"When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal, said Nixon-" how comically the history repeat itself.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." --PM Winston Churchill
Coincidence they are both Republicans?
And yet, I'd still rather have Nixon, than Trump.
@@rowynnecrowley1689 I wouldn't. Nixon is smart and cunning. Not to mention responsible for most of the incarcerations that's affecting us to this day.
@@CyberBlastoise Naah. Nixon is dead. (No smart or cunning there.)
I always know Dershowitz, may be a lawyer who can win cases, but he is a horrible human being.
Fan Mac > he is a lawyer alright. But he’s more associated more with those people who break the law! He’s a chameleon that changes color (opinion) when it’s convenient.
Strident judgement by someone who got their opinion from a comedy hack, now go look at what he actually meant and said, and realize you aren't fit to judge who is a moral human being.
Harvard alumni can now file a class action lawsuit against Harvard for refund of their tuition.
Remember when this administration was still trying to pretend he hadn't committed any crimes.
Such innocent days.....
"It's best for the country that I get reelected." Well that's a pretty damn vague standard! -- Not to mention that it's the same mindset as Hitler and other authoritarian creeps. Dershowitz has fallen SO far down!!!!
It's also in Trumps public interest of getting re-elected - and all government officials that Dershowitz knows would agree - that democratic candidates are locked up and publicly executed after the national convention. Not an impeachable crime when the president orders it! Build the crooked witchhunt!!
@@Enyavar1 eh ..... Huh?
By those standards, ANYONE can feel they should get elected or reelected. 🙄🤦🏻♂️
Fallen down? He represented Jeffrey Epstein.
@John michael All that religious gibberish for this most immoral of 'presidents'. Yuck! No wonder I SPRINTED away from organized religion and people like "Maureen" and their visions...
Trump doesn't scare me. The amount of people who support him scares me.
He's supporters, don't scare me, we all have guns too!💪
You are right, if people will support someone who is so obviously wrong what else will they do or support. Trump is in America’s eye for at the most 8 years, his supporters will be around for generations.
Exactly!
@David Webb how surprising, stupid people know how to spell.
Yeah those Putin sheep are pure entertainment for me - they're hilarious to listen to.
Next up: DT is allowed to imprison political opponents 'in the best interest of the country.' Hail our 'Dear Leader!'
Over 65% of the public want him removed from office , that is public interest.
The Adventurer's Guild It’s not _his_ public interest, though.
Over 100% of the public want dumpsters head on a pike, that is public interest.
We need to take to the streets and publicly show the "public interest".
Where are you getting the 65 percent from? I havent read that anywhere. I feel like your giving me false hope haha.
65% if you live in an echo chamber and think Colbert represents the opinion of the general public. Spoiler he dosnt, and that attitude is the same one that assured us Hillary would win 2016.
That's a childs defense! How old do they think we are?
The GOP is the 1%. They don't care about the 99%
@Richard Ball Wow! That's gone down from the 70's. Then it was the average American read at the 7th grade level.
"And I am the physical manifestation of despair". Kudos to Steve and staff.
i thought Jay Sekulow was a shyster of the highest order. I stand corrected, Alan Dershowitz is The High Priest of Shysterism.
Careful, now your words are on the internet forever. Dershowitz may be shystery enough to sue you for slander... in a YT comment section.
By Dersh's logic, Trump could lose the next election, refuse to leave power, and there would be nothing anyone could do about it.
Google stop it Exactly-He laid the premise for a dictatorship. Extending Dershowitz’s logic, if Trump’s presidency is in the best public interest then any election that might unseat him is operating against the People.
@Credulous Boomer Rube If the person you're insinuating is a child is more mature than you, what does it say about you?
Soon Term limits will be against the public interest. He really made a dangerous argument.
Credulous Boomer Rube insulting a person for no reason, then being told to stop acting like a child, then continuing to insult a person. Kinda makes you look like a child.
@Credulous Boomer Rube oh you mad.
Trump's so dirty he makes Nixon look like Mr. Clean!
Nixon formed the EPA whereas trump is a Captain Planet villain come to life so, I believe it.
Not even an exaggeration.
@@DRChupacabrah Hoggish Greesly?
It's We The People , Not We The Dictator !!!
Yeah, Trump's such a brutal dictator that literally no one is afraid to attack him...
@Ken K Idk, ask Republicans.
"I have the best people."
I mean, nothing surprises me anymore. And that sucks.
"My client did nothing wrong!"
"Don't let anymore witnesses testify especially if they got mustache."
I was waiting for Dershowitz to say “it’s not illegal if you are wearing underpants”.
And his bag of UTZ. Urinary Tract Zoocock holder
Thank god he didn't. The trial would have been thrown out there and then, because getting the truth would require Trump to pull down his pants.
*_"Don't do it, sir."_*
He just had to add in the "sir."
Have you noticed.....he LOVES when people call him sir. He takes every opportunity to remind us that some people call him sir.
Cool.
avedic it’s like he’s shocked that he’s “respected”
"It's only illegal if it's illegal." Gee. Thanks, Professor.
The way Stephen yelled the monologue and was so direct gives me the feeling that he's really had enough of how stupid this whole presidency has been.
I love it. It feels right
@Ima Notel you really need to calm dowm pal, the fact that you are emotional, and dont even listening what is being said, what the evidence is, and what Trump did, and that you still support him, shows that you could be seeing your own country on fire and you just dont care, and that is horrifying
The 'Public Interest' defense might have more weight if Donnie had ever displayed anything other than self interest.
Perfect. That needs to be stated at trial.
Dershowitz talks like a person who doesn't even believe himself.
Dershies agenda is Israel... I do admire his tenacious attitude. It is hopeless "defending" this retard president.
🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️⚖
That’s the definition of lawyer
@@Diggnuts Winning
He made no sense whatsoever
"The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth." - Dershowitz
Yes that is a Dershowitz quote!
August 9, 1982, U.S. News & World Business Report is the source of that important quote. If I were guilty, and had unlimited funds, I would hire Dershowitz.
He’s right when it comes to personal lawyers who are hired,but White House lawyers are public officials we pay for to protect the office not the person.
@@chemquests when the person occupying the office believes that he is the office then how do you tell him he's not?
In all honesty that is the job of a defense lawyer. It doesn’t matter if you know your client is guilty, it is your job to get him off scott free, or close enough. If you cannot remove your personal bias and defend that scumbag, you need to make it known and remove yourself. What I think about that doe not matter, thats just the system they work in. I am not sure about this situation though...
Clearly, plainly, in no uncertain terms and with no uncertain words.
If this shit flies, I'm gonna like, steal a million dollars and say it was in my best interest.
Kristie C 😆👍🏻💯
Is there still a bounty on Donald’s head for $3,000,000? Run for president, kill him, collect the bounty, and since it was in your best interest to have that money for your election they can’t convict you
Ah, but you can only do that if you get elected first. Because the law only applies to the masses, not the chosen few.
No, it was, "In the public's best interest", you'd have to turn into Robin Hood.
This is how we got into this mess, politicians thinking they don't have answer to the people.
Republicans have felt that way since Reagan
They don’t; they answer to their patrons. We have an oligarchy of the monied class
"I think itll be good for you, why won't u think so too?" Yeah familiar argument to a lotta women trump has known :/
Question: Would Dershowitz defend a presidential assassin on the grounds that he believed what he did was in the best interest of the country??? THAT'S CRAZY!!!
Epstein
Law School...first day: no one knows the human heart therefore: "You cannot legislate morality." However as MLK once said, you CAN legislate behavior. Dershowitz's argument is totally invalid on its face as he has taken INTENT completely out of the equation. With this argument he is saying that all elected officials' behavior, regardless of intent, is excusable because the end result is for the "public interest." Using that argument, what then is the purpose of impeachment?
I don't agree. I think Dershowitz was trying (and failing miserably) to bring intent *into* the equation. Essentially: "Trump believes his re-election is in the Public Interest, and thus Trump's *intent* was to serve the Public Interest".
It's still a bullshit argument and easily disproven, obviously, but I do think it pays to be aware of what they were trying to say.
@@AhsimNreiziev ,
"The intent was to further public interest by making sure I get reelected... and once I'm reelected, I'll change the laws so that murdering my opponent isn't illegal." - America's Dictator 30 years from now
That's Alan's argument in a nut shell.
Sort of. He’s saying the intent is good because sociopathic narcissists say their power is good for us....but I doubt Trump even thinks about the public good, even in a sick deluded way-Trump thinks about Trump. And that’s as far as it goes.
Aralorn Wolf Trump’s lawyers literally argued- in a court of law -that Ttump CAN shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and can’t be indicted or stopped from shooting more people while he is in office. The judge disagreed but the GOP agrees.
To clarify my humble opinion: what Dershowitz is basically saying is that the Mens Rea component of a criminal act for politicians has has been removed and when there is no guilty mindset there can be no guilty act, therefore no guilty intent. A huge get out of jail free card for elected officials. And a bad, bad precedent. It can only end badly.
The scary part isn’t that Trump keeps trying to convince his followers these lies and nonsense - it’s that *THEY BELIEVE HIM*
Praying for our democracy and our republic.
They do no. They say "That's just Trump".
The goal is to install a fundamentalist religios dictatorship in their image. As long as Trump makes abortion illegal and cuts social service so children can be born and starve to death, they will tell the naked emperor how great his dresses are... so basically, they lie to him just as he lies to them.
So much ignorance and misinformation here and in the comments below......yes you can can convince yourselfs, the others are stupid. Who knows one day it might become reality.
I think they do believe him.
DONT PRAY ...... VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!
CITYGROUPTV I vote in every election, from local to national. Proud lifelong registered Democrat right here 🙋🏽♀️
But prayers don’t hurt anyone :)
Don and the Giant Impeach is getting more hilarious everyday.
It's getting scarier everyday
Lol yup
It's funny 'cause it's true
5:37 That's so true. He will find his confidence behind the bars of Jail
Dershowitz: “If my fake legal argument doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” 😳
@Ima Notel I have no idea if this is trolling or not, which is common for anything said in favor of trump
@Ima Notel Do you have some example's?
@Ima Notel am I the only one who is wondering why this person used these different descriptions for the dem party when everything you just said also qualifies for the Republican party as well honestly both parties aren't squeaky clean as well and I think everyone knows that now in America. Well George Washington himself warned about party systems being in charge of America democracy and it is clear that he was right. Honestly I give it another few years until China becomes the Global Superpower over America because the state of the country cannot be repaired whether Trump is impeached or not( not aligned with any party but even I believe trump finds a way out of this) this country can never trust or view it's government the same way again
"Money talks, the constitution walks."
@Credulous Boomer Rube Heres a fake legal argument: "My client left the bank with $100k. I have seen many people leave the bank with much more than that. Every day people leave the bank with lots of money. And they do not get arrested for it! Therefore my client can not have done anything illegal when he robbed the bank."
Now lets see if you can figure out how this example is relevant to the "Quid pro quo" argument.
Dersh is a shiny example of how far one can fall.
“President Donald J Trump “ - That still sounds like some Crystal Meth induced nightmare! The total chaos of our reality means it must be true!
Fully
Jason Robertson - A rather infantile response to the wholesale rape and pillage of your fledgling democracy but hey ho eh? You won , America lost.
Cy Ezé ignore jason, he’s so desperate for attention he’s posting that comment all over the place. He probably stole it from another dullard trumplikkklan.
Trump's motto: If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again."
@David Webb Hey, I've gotten 60 likes on my comment, your's has gotten none - so I win! LOL
You mean Democrats.
I always knew that Dershowitz was full of crap...but man, he took the cake with this one.
ME: Yes, i was the one who shot that innocent man on 5th avenue but i did it with the public's interest in mind.
Police Officer: Well you're free to go.
"We the people"
Don't let the GOP forget that they work for you, NOT themselves!
The words that the founders thought so important that they wrote it in BIG, BOLD LETTERS at the top of the page on which they penned the Constitution, five times the size of the rest that followed. That's because they were making it clear that it wasn't from God or king or wealth or privilege or custom that their power derived, but from the will of the people. If ever we allow any politician forget that, we might as well have ripped that Constitution to shreds, including all protections guaranteed within the Bill of Rights and subsequent Amendments.
They work for their constituents
@@johnktejik9847 , then they need to be reminded of that fact.
The rich.
This lawyer may be able to win cases, but he is a horrible human being, because he doesn't have decent values for him to defend such an awful monster in WH.
Fan Mac I know right?! Trump actually wants to protect babies in the womb! What a monster. And he wants to protect religious freedoms! How outrageous. And he wants to limit government control!! But government knows best!!! How dare he?
@@gdgood1000 Nailed it.
@@gdgood1000 I think by religious freedom you mean Christian freedom. Anyway, if all of the terrible things he's done, you've managed to point out a whole two things that make Trump good. Says a lot.
@@gdgood1000 Limiting government control over public needs like healthcare and education is a bad idea.
@gdgood100. Just FYI: “Protecting religious freedom”/= “Supporting Christian zealots”
Yes republicans, the United States is a republic, and you’re handing Palpatine the senate.
Episode III where Dooku is democracy
“Do it. Kill him now.”
Eww prequel memes. Trump wants an empire and the senate republicans are really just his storm troopers. You know, mostly white and brainwashed
ThatManMat Streams That too.
And he wants a space force
Harvard needs to fire Dershowitz. He has to be an embarrassment on every level.
Charles Smith - well if ol' Alan does get fired by Harvard Law, he can always get a job patting Pompeo's fat a$$!
After all, with as many square inches as there is on it to both massage and kiss, that would undoubtedly provide him with ample job security!
You mean disbarred.
Harvard produces garbage too.
Anthony Micele - Harvard can't disbar, but they can definitely fire!
More evidence that retirement should be mandatory when the marbles start leaving!
So basically Dershowitz's defence, is that his client did what he's been accused of, but we should redefine the word "guilty"?
it's literally the entire party's 'defense' it seems. Ridiculous.
He was replying to a question... Just like the main stream media, people are taking him out of context..
No he said that all politicians make decisions that carry some motive to benefit their campaign
@@realdeal4462 which still doesnt make sense if what they're doing is illegal under the rules of the constitution.
his guilt is not "in the public interest" - apparently....?! Reps are finished
Dershowitz got a lot of “favor” from young girls hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and Trump for many years.
"Classified national security"?
Like storming a SCIF with unsecured phones and recording equipment?
Like taking selfies in the SCIF??
@this is me, thank you for that giggle & reminder!
Trump: "I want to drop an A-bomb on New York and Los Angeles...it's in the Public Interest."
Republicans: "Well, he's right. That is not impeachable."
Jeremiah Bachmann Now that is a he'll of an idea!
""... And I am lying, but I believe that lying is in the best interest of our Country"" and so on... It has a name it"s called Regime. R.I.P. Democracy
@Ima Notel so are you actually going to make an argument or keep raving with no idea what your talking about?
hunter blane nah all they have is insults. They never have a real argument.
"The only way a quid pro quo would be unlawful is if the quo is illegal". So you can bribe for anything that is not an unlawful possession or activity? Hmmmmm
And for someone who has everyone saying that he is innocent, he definitely is going such miles to keep stuffs concealed.
All this proves is just how stupid they believe their base really is.
Sadly they are not wrong there.
My parents like trump. I live in a madhouse. My parents are also racist. They are also Boomers.
@@FirestoneX Get out.
Have you spoken to their base?
@@FirestoneX I bet they also have multiple guns, do they not?
Harvard should be ashamed.
He's professor "emeritus" but he should be forced to retire... like my grandfather who was a genius engineer who invented a machine to manufacture paper bags.
He wasn't senile.
Now they know how Yale feels about Bush.
That's what is most disappointing.
I would be reluctant to send my kids to Harvard if this is the quality of professorship. Not that it's an issue. Fresh out of silver spoons.
@@twinodoom He was a _legacy_ so he basically got in because his dad graduated from Yale, regardless of his alcoholism and cocaine use.
Thanks from this side of the pond. We all need an uplift at the moment. Brilliant!
I'm satisfied I have now seen the totality of Alan Dershowitz.
I'm a lawyer; Dershowitz's argument is utter nonsense. And you don't have to be a lawyer to know that.
What his intention? Is it to provide Trumpists with soundbites that sound legal even though they are transparent nonsense?
@@thoughtfortheday7811 I mean think about it, the man is paid and hired to defend trump. Even if trump has no defense, he MUST find something. He can't just go there and say, "your honor, honestly my client is guilty and there is no defense," he plays the other side and HAS to defend his client. Now it's also possible that dershowitz is doing it to support trump, but the idea still stands, he has to defend the president, even if there is no defense.
@@Explicitnice totally agree with you, his job is to do the best he can for his client. He's also setting up future defences in that anything Trump does is defendable for the same reason. A dangerous move, if allowed.
@@Explicitnice yep..anything...even at the detriment of his own credibility..if that even exists. It seems Trump surrounds himself with fools....to give the illusion that he is brilliant?
Zimmerman if u are a lawyer, which I don't believe why don't you have a counter argument to prove he's wrong. Instead just a biased response, " utter nonsense" I'm sure the court would be very impressed with your objection.
Theme of "Street Fighter II" at the end of this video. this is why John Baptiste is LIT!!!!
Disappointing that I had to scroll this far down just to find a single reference to this awesomeness.
@@d0m2288 I know ! They played the guile them a few episodes back too ! I love the call backs!
So beautiful. I wish he and the Humans would do a whole SFII album. His Sonic joint on his last album is lovely. Bring it, Jon!
@@brandonchacon7745 Oh I missed that...you don't happen to remember what clip/date it was do you?
@@JackieLovesToDraw I wish I remembered, but I watch too many clips of this show to remember 😅
Narcissist : I didn't do it, and if I did, it wasn't that bad, and if it was, that was all your fault.
Trump's whole defence was cookoo, loopy, away with the fairies insane.
Taking legal precedence from Richard Nixon???...😂🤣😂🤣...that's their defence???...😂🤣😂🤣...oh please stop my sides are hurting.
Comeon all you trumptards out there please say you are not this stupid as to keep supporting this Orange Megalomaniac?!
I pray for you...everyday.
Basically what Alan did was invoke King Joffrey. "The king will do as he likes!"
Who'll slap that Fat Joffrey?..
@@chrissiek8706 I would love to see a 10 hour loop of Trump getting slapped.
Its just like Tywin said
Any man who must declare "i am the king" is no king at all
@mashaqub oh, let Nancy "Nancy" Pelosi play Queen of Thorns 😅
@mashaqub 🤣🤣...I was hoping for a KFC chicken bone. I could send him a pigeon pie. Would be a great inside joke.
“When the President does it, it’s not illegal.” - Richard Nixon .
Now we’ve come full circle in this current cycle. Trump is Nixon.
No, Nixon might have been crooked, but he wasn't dumb, and wasn't a sexual abuser, nor did he spew vitriol on anyone who didn't agree with him
Exactly. It's exactly the same argument!!
At least Nixon had the decency to step down. Trump is too prideful for that.
That really does a disservice to NIxon's actual policy achievements: ending the Vietnam War (albeit after making it worse), establishing the EPA, ending the draft, trying to establish national healthcare and a UBI (although they failed in Congress), and establishing $1.6b in cancer research funding. By modern standards dude governed further to the left than Obama.
He was a dirty dealing POS, but at least his signature achievement was more than "gave myself a huge tax cut."
FAR WORSE THAN WATERGATE !
So simple. "Only the public gets to decide what's in the public interest. Not the politician." Thank you Mr. Colbert, and all the writers on The Late Show.
Most intricate mind of any president ever, believe me.
From "the Chosen One" himself.
You're just jelly you cannot speak the bigly genius Trump does...
"Look, having nuclear-my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart -you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world-it's true!-but when you're a conservative Republican they try-oh, do they do a number-that's why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune-you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged-but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me-it would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right-who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners-now it used to be three, now it's four-but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years-but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us."
LOL!
@@rstrid5505 President Trump....the MasterChef of Word Salads!
R Strid
I take it that’s verbatim?! 😳
Nah, he's not that complicated. If it benefits Trump, it's going to happen.
Trump is all about putting money in his own pocket and winning himself advantages, while posturing to look good if he can.
That's why he's been charging outrageous rates for empty rooms in his hotels to foreign missions, who rent the rooms to curry favor.
Stephen, you and your writers are the best medicine for us in this ghastly political mess. Thanks darlings!
3:00 OMG that's the first time I heard Prof D's argument. This is so disingenuous especially from a professor. Any freshman year student who paid attention in logic could blow holes a mile wide through this...wtf is the word??? JABBERWOCKY
This sounds more like a divinely ordained king than a president of the USA
Dershowitz is an interesting case. He doesn't actually support Trump and is on record saying he would be personally hurt if he got acquitted, but he also has a particular interpretation of the constitution (not surprising, lots of legal professionals do) which he now has to reconcile with defending the indefensible. I feel like Dershowitz is self-aware enough to know he's making an absurd argument. He's just doing it because he has to. Just like how even a serial killer who left 20 confession notes, showed detailed and calculated plans, and led police to all the bodies, still has to have a defense attorney try to make _some_ sort of argument.
That Street Fighter outro!! Jean-Baptiste you're an absolute legend. 😄
Dershowitz tilted his head and the marbles fell out.
It's Costanza! "Jerry, remember: It isn't a lie if you believe it."
Did that just happened? That “lawyer” really said that?
Trump: "I am the state!"
You assume the president is smart enough to know what the state is.
Trump: "He thinks I don't know what the state is. But I am a very smart man. People keep telling me, they can't believe how smart I am. The state is the greatest state -- we all know Minneapolis. Great football team, they have. I ate their cheese once, good sandwiches. Love that state."
@@extantsanity you are writing his speeches, admit it!
If I had a million dollars, I would do great things with it, which _I believe,_ would be in the public interest, therefor, robbing a bank to get it, _can't_ be illegal. Good grief...😣
Crazy, right?!?🙄
A politician who stands only for re-election, needs to step down.
@Ima Notel Bless your heart.
Kitty King
Well, you couldn’t bless her brain, could you? 🤣
@Ima Notel He's talking about Politicians in general dumbass. That's both sides of the aisle.
@@hunterblane610 haha. Trump bots aren't very smart
Lincoln highlighted this:
Democracy is government of the people, for the people and by the people.
Back in the days not now. Lol
And not fake news with a political agenda that is false and very one-sided. Sorry bud but what you call news here isn't news. It's a political stunt originating from opinions. That's all it is in today's America
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But the truth can be checked and verified. Regardless of ones opinions.
Lincoln also recalled soldiers to Indiana so that they could vote for him. The soldiers were conducting essential duties and Lincoln violated national security to score votes. Sound familiar?
Is it in the people's interest to know why Biden used his authority to protect his son from prosecution while working at Burisma?
Thank you, Stephen, for your truthiness! It's a pleasure.