The chapter that opens the book is entitled “Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Move to the Left,” dated April, 2016.
In fact, of the 193 pages in the book, 54 – only 28% – deal in any way with the Trump legal position in the Russian investigation. A few discuss the challenges to the Trump travel ban, which might well engage Dershowitz’s civil libertarian concerns, but does not directly relate to the Mueller investigation or the “criminalization of politics.” He discusses, among other topics, the Clinton-Sanders primary battle his objection to the candidacy of Keith Ellison for Democratic National Committee Chair his views on the appointment of Steve Bannon to the White House staff his reflections on a visit to Cuba and the importance of shoring up the center in American politics generally and in the Democratic Party in particular. Numerous sections don’t address the topic at all. The first and most puzzling feature of the book is that it is only in minor part dedicated to the issue suggested by the title. Now, more than ever, the argument requires close examination, and it seems that in evaluating Dershowitz’s case, his written brief on the subject should count for as much as, if not more, than what he has said on TV. Dershowitz is promoting the book as an explication of his position-certainly a more extensive presentation of his argument than 5-7 minute interviews could ever provide. At a New York City event at which Dershowitz appeared along with others in a debate about the Russia matter, the book was handed out, gratis, to the guests.
When Dershowitz appears as a cable show guest, the host often introduces him with a reference to the book. Dershowitz to the White House.ĭershowitz has gone so far as to write a book to elaborate his views, Trumped Up: How the Criminalization of Political Differences Endangers Democracy. The president has tweeted his approval and welcomed Mr. The Harvard Law professor emeritus has been everywhere with the message that the charges against Trump are “trumped up” and that the President has the authority to control the course-and, as he wishes, terminate-the investigation against him. A more prominent, presumably independent judgment has come via the airwaves and in print from Alan Dershowitz. His lawyers have floated this theory from time to time, but, after all, they are his lawyers. Trump is testing the theory that he has the unfettered constitutional power to initiate, direct or conclude any criminal investigation for any reason whatever-including self-protection. and the intelligence community to achieve the “outing” of an intelligence source whom Trump suspects of this infiltration. As the president goes down this path, he has also collaborated with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and allied media outlets to disregard strong objections from the F.B.I. His stated reason is the belief that the Department used an informant to infiltrate his campaign in 2016 in the early stages of what has now become the Mueller inquiry into Trump campaign-Russia collusion. He is now going beyond rhetoric: He is apparently preparing to announce, as an “official act,” a directive to DOJ to inquire into alleged irregularities in the Russia investigation. On Sunday, President Donald Trump launched a new phase in his attack on the Department of Justice and the Mueller investigation.
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