Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night that President Donald Trump was well within his rights to fire former FBI director James Comey, and that there was no need for a special prosecutor in the investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Dershowitz questioned the timing of Comey’s firing, however, and urged a new, independent investigation into the Russia case.
Dershowitz appeared next to CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who was apoplectic. “The fact that he did this will disgrace his memory for as long as this presidency is remembered. There is only one date that will be remembered after Januarth 20th so far in the Trump presidency, and it is the day of the ‘Tuesday Night Massacre,'” Toobin said, referencing President Richard Nixon’s firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate scandal.
Toobin had also told CNN’s Anderson Cooper earlier that Trump would likely name a “campaign stooge” as Comey’s replacement at the FBI.
But Dershowitz disagreed.
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8 comments:
FIRING >> L O N G OVERDUE !!! Drain that Swamp !!!
Just to clarify, Dershowitz is a Clinton supporter and a staunch Democrat in addition to being a lawyer.
No one remembered the last FBI director who was fired; why would this be any different?
Clinton /Obama / and Demon-crats just on Witch Hunt !!!
Their Party of "NO"
As said on CNN, must be true.
Dershowitz....the ambulance-chaser who still claims OJ is innocent approves of Trump's actions....I feel better already....
Who does Don Lemon think he is? What a democratic hack!
@11:48 Oh you mean Sessions who was FIRED BY CLINTON!!!! OHHHHHH Clinton shhhhhhh it was all ok! God help when TRUMP does it!!!!!!
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