Dershowitz: ‘You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction for Exercising His Constitutional Power’

[bripat9643]

Was he indicted?

Ford pardoned him

Nixon tried to cover up an actual crime (the Watergate breakin). He wasn't accused of obsturction of justice for firing Cox.

You're obviously not aware that obstruction of justice can be a crime even if it obstructs an investigation leading to the determination that no crime was committed.

Firing Comey was an exercise of Trump's constitution authority. You can't be committing a crime if you are only doing precisely what the Constitution allows. That's what you refuse to comprehend.

Firing the guy investigating you seems OK to you Bri??

I have no problem with firing Comey. He is a lying corrupt establishment douchebag.

 

[eddiew37]

Ford pardoned him

Nixon tried to cover up an actual crime (the Watergate breakin). He wasn't accused of obsturction of justice for firing Cox.

You're obviously not aware that obstruction of justice can be a crime even if it obstructs an investigation leading to the determination that no crime was committed.

Firing Comey was an exercise of Trump's constitution authority. You can't be committing a crime if you are only doing precisely what the Constitution allows. That's what you refuse to comprehend.

Firing the guy investigating you seems OK to you Bri??

I have no problem with firing Comey. He is a lying corrupt establishment douchebag.

A servant of the people for many years WELL respected by all ..except a few SB's

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Dershowitz is a Fox friend and friend of Trump. He's trying to sway public opinion for his buddy with his spin.

How Alan Dershowitz Went From Hillary Donor to Trump’s Attack Dog on Russia

Alan Dershowitz—a liberal Harvard law professor and ardent backer of Hillary Clinton—has emerged as one of the Russia probe’s most vocal critics.

He’s likened the investigation to a KGB hunt, and special counsel Bob Mueller to a notoriously obsessed sailor. It’s made him a Fox News fixture, and that has left some of his counterparts in the legal world baffled and skeptical. But those close to Dershowitz say his vociferous criticism of Mueller’s investigation is the opposite of surprising—and that Mueller and Dershowitz have a history.

 

[bripat9643]

Nixon tried to cover up an actual crime (the Watergate breakin). He wasn't accused of obsturction of justice for firing Cox.

You're obviously not aware that obstruction of justice can be a crime even if it obstructs an investigation leading to the determination that no crime was committed.

Firing Comey was an exercise of Trump's constitution authority. You can't be committing a crime if you are only doing precisely what the Constitution allows. That's what you refuse to comprehend.

Firing the guy investigating you seems OK to you Bri??

I have no problem with firing Comey. He is a lying corrupt establishment douchebag.

A servant of the people for many years WELL respected by all ..except a few SB's

He's an incompetant lying bootlicking douchebag. All you snowflakes hated him when he was investigating Hillary's emails.

 

[IM2]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

 

[Fiero425]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, and big mouth has put him in this position of not finishing his term! What incompetent, who had such an easy transition with no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis? This TOOL couldn't even staff the gov't properly because he's so busy watching TV, posting online, and undermining all the institutions that are only trying to keep him in check! Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, and even the NFL proves he has too much time on his hands! A normal president would be so busy, he wouldn't worry about what's being said of him! That's all TRUMP is; always about him and it has to be a flattering portrait for him to be satisfied! If this guy can't be truthful when things are going well, how can you possibly believe anything he has to say when Mueller's closing in on him and his entire corrupt admin.?

 

[Lakhota]

Dershowitz: ‘You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction for Exercising His Constitutional Power’

Please quote from the Constitution where it authorizes a president to obstruct justice and break the law.

 

[Fiero425]

Dershowitz: ‘You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction for Exercising His Constitutional Power’

Please quote from the Constitution where it authorizes a president to obstruct justice and break the law.

Dershowitz has finally lost his mind! He's been such a disappointment the last few years! Either he's doddering or someone finally paid him enough to betray his life's work of acknowledging and supporting "the rule of law!" He's truly out of it these days!

 

[eddiew37]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, and big mouth has put him in this position of not finish his term! What incompetent who had such an easy transition with no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis! This TOOL couldn't even staff the gov't properly because he's so busy watching TV, posting online, and undermining all the institutions that are only trying to keep him in check! Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, and even the NFL proves he has too much time on his hands! A normal president would be so busy, he would worry about what's being said of him! That's all TRUMP is; always about him and it has to be a flattering portrait for him to be satisfied! If this guy can't be truth when things are going well, how can you possibly believe anything he has to say when Mueller's closing in on his and his entire corrupt admin.?

Go along with everything you say EXCEPT failing economy high unemployment Obama knocked GWB's 10% down to 4+ And our economy was far from failing .... DOW almost tripled? 75 straight months of 6 digit employment gains? Obama handed a winner over to trump and the ah thinks he's responsible???

 

[IM2]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, and big mouth has put him in this position of not finish his term! What incompetent who had such an easy transition with no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis! This TOOL couldn't even staff the gov't properly because he's so busy watching TV, posting online, and undermining all the institutions that are only trying to keep him in check! Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, and even the NFL proves he has too much time on his hands! A normal president would be so busy, he would worry about what's being said of him! That's all TRUMP is; always about him and it has to be a flattering portrait for him to be satisfied! If this guy can't be truth when things are going well, how can you possibly believe anything he has to say when Mueller's closing in on his and his entire corrupt admin.?

And what was he going to fire Comey for? But I agree with all of what you have said. People here can hide behind the excuse of him using his constitutional right to fire someone but his constitutional right to fire doesn't preclude the reality that if he's firing someone investigating a crime because he wants the investigation to stop its obstruction of justice.

 

[IM2]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, and big mouth has put him in this position of not finish his term! What incompetent who had such an easy transition with no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis! This TOOL couldn't even staff the gov't properly because he's so busy watching TV, posting online, and undermining all the institutions that are only trying to keep him in check! Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, and even the NFL proves he has too much time on his hands! A normal president would be so busy, he would worry about what's being said of him! That's all TRUMP is; always about him and it has to be a flattering portrait for him to be satisfied! If this guy can't be truth when things are going well, how can you possibly believe anything he has to say when Mueller's closing in on his and his entire corrupt admin.?

Go along with everything you say EXCEPT failing economy high unemployment Obama knocked GWB's 10% down to 4+ And our economy was far from failing .... DOW almost tripled? 75 straight months of 6 digit employment gains? Obama handed a winner over to trump and the ah thinks he's responsible???

I think fiero was saying that Trump was handed a country not facing those things and can't manage anything.

 

[hazlnut]

This has already been debunked.

Why is the thread still open?

 

[Fiero425]

Clinton was impeached for obstructing justice, so now why all of a sudden can't Trump be charged with it?

Clinton was charge with trying to coach witnesses not with exercising his given power to fire an appointee to his government.

Trump fired Comey because Comey would not slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.

The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, and big mouth has put him in this position of not finish his term! What incompetent who had such an easy transition with no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis! This TOOL couldn't even staff the gov't properly because he's so busy watching TV, posting online, and undermining all the institutions that are only trying to keep him in check! Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, and even the NFL proves he has too much time on his hands! A normal president would be so busy, he would worry about what's being said of him! That's all TRUMP is; always about him and it has to be a flattering portrait for him to be satisfied! If this guy can't be truth when things are going well, how can you possibly believe anything he has to say when Mueller's closing in on his and his entire corrupt admin.?

Go along with everything you say EXCEPT failing economy high unemployment Obama knocked GWB's 10% down to 4+ And our economy was far from failing .... DOW almost tripled? 75 straight months of 6 digit employment gains? Obama handed a winner over to trump and the ah thinks he's responsible???

Maybe I need to repost, but I meant to say Trump "didn't" have to deal with all the things Obama had to deal with since the country was in an upheaval with the DOW crashing, unemployment going sky high, and Republicans closing down the gov't when trying to raise the Nat'l Debt limit! They're disgusting, hypocritical animals who are allowing a troll to drag their party into the sewer where it belongs!

 

[LoneLaugher]

The president can be charged with obstruction of Justice.

 

[Astrostar]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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Dershowitz is a conservative, far right winger. He is about as believable as Don the Con. Stay tuned dumb ass and see what happens. Bigly! Covfefe!!!

 

[Fiero425]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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Dershowitz is a conservative, far right winger. He is about as believable as Don the Con. Stay tuned dumb ass and see what happens. Bigly! Covfefe!!!

He used to be a hardcore LIBERAL who often would take the side of defendants over the cops; coining term "testi-lying!" Cops were slowly making their testimony to fit the theories of a case instead of real evidence!

 

[eddiew37]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

​

Dershowitz is a conservative, far right winger. He is about as believable as Don the Con. Stay tuned dumb ass and see what happens. Bigly! Covfefe!!!

Forgive bripat He's getting his info from Hanitty

 

[beagle9]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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He can charge Trump with obstruction of justice. Dershowitz is wrong.

. Nope, because the original charge and/or the investigation that sought to find the act of cullusion, and all in order for Trump himself to be found guilty of cullusion with the Russians ummmm wasn't found. No cullusion, then the whole case dies, and nothing else matters because it was all a bogus political hit job on Trump and his team by some super corrupt individuals in which had gathered together in order to try and fix an election, but when that failed "the Russians did it, the Russians did it", and that mean ole nasty Trump must have helped them, yes he must have helped them, I mean he had to have helped them right, it's got to be true, it's just got to be, waaaah waahhhh whaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaahhh booooo hoooooooo, boooo hoooooooo snucker snucker goes Madonna, and that NASTY Woman Ashley Judd, Joy Behar, Morning Joe coffee hangover , Miley Cyrus, and well all the rest of the crying good time gang... LOL.

 

[IM2]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

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He can charge Trump with obstruction of justice. Dershowitz is wrong.

. Nope, because the original charge and/or the investigation that sought to find the act of cullusion, and all in order for Trump himself to be found guilty of cullusion with the Russians ummmm wasn't found. No cullusion, then the whole case dies, and nothing else matters because it was all a bogus political hit job on Trump and his team by some super corrupt individuals in which had gathered together in order to try and fix an election, but when that failed "the Russians did it, the Russians did it", and that mean ole nasty Trump must have helped them, yes he must have helped them, I mean he had to have helped them right, it's got to be true, it's just got to be, waaaah waahhhh whaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaahhh booooo hoooooooo, boooo hoooooooo snucker snucker goes Madonna, and that NASTY Woman Ashley Judd, Joy Behar, Morning Joe coffee hangover , Miley Cyrus, and well all the rest of the crying good time gang... LOL.

It doesn't seem this is the case. If the investigation was for collusion and the investigation had not been closed and was ongoing, then anything that is designed to stop that investigation is obstruction of justice and a crime. So the case does not die. Instead a count of obstruction is now added to the case.

 

[beagle9]

This is for all the forum idiots who think Mueller can charge Trump with obstruction of justice:

Dershowitz: 'You Cannot Charge a President With Obstruction of Justice for Exercising His Constitutional Power' - Breitbart​

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz batted down the merit of obstruction of justice charges aimed at President Donald Trump for what he said was exercising his constitutional power and authority regarding the firing of then-FBI Director James Comey and instructing the Department of Justice what to and not to investigate.

“If Congress were to ever charge him with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional authority under Article 2, we’d have a constitutional crisis,” he explained. “You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did. That’s what Lincoln did. That’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”

​

He can charge Trump with obstruction of justice. Dershowitz is wrong.

. Nope, because the original charge and/or the investigation that sought to find the act of cullusion, and all in order for Trump himself to be found guilty of cullusion with the Russians ummmm wasn't found. No cullusion, then the whole case dies, and nothing else matters because it was all a bogus political hit job on Trump and his team by some super corrupt individuals in which had gathered together in order to try and fix an election, but when that failed "the Russians did it, the Russians did it", and that mean ole nasty Trump must have helped them, yes he must have helped them, I mean he had to have helped them right, it's got to be true, it's just got to be, waaaah waahhhh whaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaahhh booooo hoooooooo, boooo hoooooooo snucker snucker goes Madonna, and that NASTY Woman Ashley Judd, Joy Behar, Morning Joe coffee hangover , Miley Cyrus, and well all the rest of the crying good time gang... LOL.

It doesn't seem this is the case. If the investigation was for collusion and the investigation had not been closed and was ongoing, then anything that is designed to stop that investigation is obstruction of justice and a crime. So the case does not die. Instead a count of obstruction is now added to the case.

. What case ??? No cullusion, no case.. Period.