Professor Alan Dershowitz on how the president’s political and legal troubles might follow him into 2020
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is now a little more than a month old, but it is slowly building momentum and is increasingly ensnarling the president in both legal and political woes.
Every day there are new revelations of possible misconduct, and former advisors are openly critical of the president. Former White House chief of staff John Kelly told Time magazine that he warned Trump his conduct might lead to impeachment, and former national security advisor John Bolton is reportedly in talks with three separate House committees to testify about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
The cumulative evidence could bury the president, but even if the various investigations do not end his term (considered unlikely, since a two-thirds majority is required in the Republican-controlled Senate), Trump suddenly confronts a situation where a political cloud hangs over his presidency, much like his first two years in office, when Robert Mueller was compiling his report.
With the impeachment inquiry consuming Washington’s attention, I contacted Professor Alan Dershowitz to talk to him about the formalities of the processes and how the president’s political and legal troubles might follow him into 2020.
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