Dershowitz distances himself from White House response to Democrats’ impeachment charges – By Felicia Sonmez, Mike DeBonis (Washington Post) / Jan 19 2020
Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law emeritus professor who recently joined President Trump’s legal team, on Sunday distanced himself from a response by two White House lawyers to House Democrats’ impeachment case against the president, noting that he did not sign on to the document.
“I didn’t sign that brief,” Dershowitz said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week.” “I didn’t even see the brief until after it was filed. That’s not part of my mandate. My mandate is to determine what is a constitutionally authorized criteria for impeachment.”
Dershowitz is one of four lawyers who were selected personally by Trump and announced Friday as new members of the president’s legal team. The others are former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi and former independent counsels Robert Ray and Kenneth W. Starr.
Dershowitz’s comments come as both sides preview their arguments for Trump’s impeachment trial, which begins in earnest this week and is only the third such trial in U.S. history.
© Jefferson Siegel/Reuters Alan Dershowitz is one of four lawyers who were selected personally by the president to be part of his legal team during the impeachment trial.
On Monday, the White House is expected to file a legal brief outlining why Trump should be acquitted.
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