Alan Dershowitz, who recently signed on to assist President Trump's impeachment legal team, says that Trump should not be removed from office even if he is guilty of everything the House has accused him of in the articles of impeachment.
in a brief filed Saturday called the president's behavior"the Framers' worst nightmare" and a"danger to our democratic processes." In response, the White House said the two articles of impeachment against Trump are a"dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their President."
Asked about Dershowitz's assessment, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., told"This Week" that he agrees with the Harvard law professor"at this point." "But I would still wait and hear the arguments," Shelby said."I haven't focused on it. Professor Dershowitz is an esteemed scholar of constitutional law. And he's followed this and he's outspoken, and a lot of people follow him. We have a lot of respect for a lot of his opinions. But ultimately, we will make that decision in the Senate.""Well, that's the argument I suppose you have to make if the facts are so dead set against you.
And on CBS's"Face the Nation," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said he was"surprised" to see Dershowitz's assessment.Is it your position that President Trump should not be impeached even if all the evidence and arguments laid out by the House are accepted as fact?
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