“Political Sins Are Not Impeachable Crimes”

The Democrats’ impeachment of President Trump has begun. Renowned lawyer Alan Dershowitz tells Die Weltwoche that, so far, they don’t have a case. The Harvard Law professor says the Democratic-led interrogation is, “an attack on Trump's foreign policy.”

Last week, the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump entered a new phase. The House Intelligence Committee, led by committee chair California Representative Adam Schiff, brought their controversial closed door inquiry into full public view with nationally televised hearings.
Die Weltwoche asks US Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz to comment on the first hearings.* The 81 year old Harvard Law professor is one of the most prominent and celebrated lawyers in the US. He has advised and defended many of the most famous legal cases of the past fifty years, including O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson and WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. Dershowitz, who voted for Democratic candidate Hill ...