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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Trump lawyer Dershowitz argues president can't be impeached for an act he thinks will help his reelection

Dershowitz's case: If Trump did abuse his power by establishing a quid pro quo — military aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, in order to undermine Biden's presidential campaign — well, it's OK because Trump believes it is best for the United States if he, and not Biden, wins the 2020 election.

I Disagree NO POTUS HAS THAT POWER OR SHOULD

that’s a distortion that the left is clinging to, dershowitz cleared it up, and also made it clear if you watched his testimony.

he didn’t say the president can do
anything to get re elected. he said, just because something might help him get the elected, doesn’t mean he can’t do it because it’s of value to him.

Obama gave the order to kill Bin Laden. Obviously that helped him get re elected. No idiot said that obama should have refused to use the military on a dangerous
mission that would help him politically.

The crime trump is charged with us withholding aid for his personal benefit - the benefit being, improving his chances of being elected. What dershowitz said ( and he made obvious with examples of presidents from Lincoln to Obama) is that there’s nothing wrong with a president doing something which had the effect of helping him politically, especially if it provides some
public value.

Trump can’t transfer gold from fort knox to his personal vault. But he can get a trade deal with china that helps everybody, even if it means it helps him politically.
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