Legal expert Alan Dershowitz retracted remarks from 1998 saying that impeachment does not require a crime, insisting that his current defense of President Donald Trump is 'correct today.'
Attorney Alan Dershowitz explained his changing view of impeachment on Twitter Tuesday, defending President Donald Trump while stating that he"didn't research" his position when the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton happened two decades earlier.
"To the extent there are inconsistencies between my current position and what I said 22 years ago, I am correct today," tweeted Dershowitz."During the Clinton impeachment, the issue was not whether a technical crime was required, because he was charged with perjury." To the extent there are inconsistencies between my current position and what I said 22 years ago, I am correct today. During the Clinton impeachment, the issue was not whether a technical crime was required, because he was charged with perjury.Dershowitz's recent claims that the Trump impeachment is invalid because the president's behavior does not constitute a"crime" seemingly clash with an earlier statement where the attorney said a crime was not required for impeachment.
"Therefore, I didn't research the issue; I relied on the academic consensus that a crime was not required," Dershowitz tweeted."In Trump impeachment, on the other hand, that is the critical issue, because abuse of power and obstruction of congress are neither crimes nor criminal- like behavior."
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