Allan Dershowitz lost his mind on the Senate floor Wednesday and I get to say one day that I was there when it happened.
When historians are chronicling Donald Trump’s tenure in office, included in every one of the hundreds of books that are certain to be written on the Trump presidency, there will be a reference to the case presented by Allan Dershowitz in Trump’s Impeachment trial because it may have changed the decision on witnesses. His legal argument would earn a F grade for any first year law student, but it may have unintended consequences with regard to where this goes and what that might mean for Trump.
Based on the content of Republican Senator’s questions being submitted, it appeared that the House Managers were losing the momentum that erupted after the John Bolton revelations on Monday. Though It looked like we were heading for witnesses Tuesday night, by Wednesday morning the counter narrative provided by FOX and the administration was taking some flesh off of Bolton however.
Republicans also seemed to be warming to his far out argument that a crime was necessary for impeachment. Dershowitz must have gotten high off the fumes from all the adulation heaped upon him by Trumpites because he went all in crazy by making the argument that whatever a president does is fine as long at it is in the public’s interest, to be determined by the president as the sole arbiter on whether it meets that standard.
Dershowitz has now saddled the Republican Senators with this argument with their vote for acquittal. They must explain to America how with their vote to acquit that they didn’t just sanction absolute power for future presidents. This kind of stank can follow them around long after Trump is gone. Trump’s celebrity lawyer may have inadvertently insured a witness with his antics.