Dershowitz Hardly Believes Himself

So, I guess now that everyone has noticed that this was a really unbelievable argument:

Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus and high-profile defense attorney, argued that Trump cannot be impeached for pressuring Ukraine for investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden because doing so would be aimed at helping his reelection chances. Dershowitz said Trump's motivations would ultimately be fueled by the public interest because he believes his reelection is what's best for the country.

 

"Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest," Dershowitz said. "And mostly you're right. Your election is in the public interest."

 

"And if a president did something that he believes will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment."

 

 

(which sounds like "anything goes" to win an election, right? ) Dershowitz is reeling it in, a bit.

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So not anything goes, just quid pro quos. Which is how it goes, if you're one of the pros. I suppose.