Constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz said in 1998 a president could be impeached even if they were not accused of a crime. Now that he's helping President Trump's impeachment defense, he's saying something different.
In August 1998, during the summer leading up to then-President Bill Cinton's impeachment, Dershowitz argued that a president does not have to commit a"technical crime" in order for it to constitute impeachable conduct. "It certainly doesn't have to be a crime if you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you don't need a technical crime," Dershowitz told"Larry King Live.
Dershowitz also asserted on ABC's"This Week" that both obstruction of Congress and abuse of power do not meet the constitutional criteria for impeachment. The Constitution says presidents can be impeached for"Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors," but it does not define"high crimes and misdemeanors." Dershowitz's argument hinges on the Senate agreeing that neither of those charges qualify as"criminal-like conduct.
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