Dershowitz: Media 'Willfully Distorted' Comments - Challenges Haters To Debate
Alan Dershowitz slammed the media on Thursday for 'willfully distorting' his arguments in defense of President Trump during Wednesday's impeachment trial in the Senate.
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Not according to his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz. \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/LSSC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#LSSC\x3c/a> \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/YeVmfkvPkd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/YeVmfkvPkd\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1222695927040724992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>Dershowitz responded via Twitter:\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">They characterized my argument as if I had said that if a president believes that his re-election was in the national interest, he can do anything. I said nothing like that, as anyone who actually heard what I said can attest.\x3c/p>\n— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AlanDersh/status/1222893488733188097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>He goes on to explain that \x3cstrong>he was arguing that a president who acts in \x3cem>both\x3c/em> self-interest and the national interest cannot \"by itself - necessarily be deemed corrupt.\" \x3c/strong>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I said that the 3rd was often the reality of politics and that helping one's own re-election efforts cannot — by itself— necessarily be deemed corrupt.\x3c/p>\n— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AlanDersh/status/1222904826356326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I did not say or imply that a candidate could do anything to reassure his reelection, only that seeking help in an election is not necessarily corrupt, citing the Lincoln and Obama examples. Critics have an obligation to respond to what I said, not to create straw men to attack.\x3c/p>\n— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AlanDersh/status/1222907503391858693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>Kellyanne Conway had Dersh's back:\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Kellyanne Conway: \"Our crack group of attorneys... are doing an amazing job of not preening for the cameras and not being partisans politicians, frankly, but lawyers.\" \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/kcaKZOLnD9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/kcaKZOLnD9\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— The Hill (@thehill) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1222931228669534208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>Meanwhile, \x3cstrong>Dershowitz has challenged his critics to a \"Lincoln/Douglas-type town hall debate.\x3c/strong>\x3cstrong>\"\x3c/strong>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Let’s elevate the quality of the dialogue and avoid ad hominems.The issues are too important to trivialize. The debate could be live or on TV. (MTC)\x3c/p>\n— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AlanDersh/status/1222953566412763136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">The American public would be informed better by a debate than by childish epithets such as those that are being hurled at me by partisan pundits, academics and politicians. 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