Lately, the Harvard professor has been delving into the intricacies of Trump's classified documents case, emphasizing just how convoluted it is. Dershowitz specifically focused on Trump's claim that the recording of him discussing alleged classified documents is exculpatory.
This statement made Dershowitz wonder if the former president possesses knows something that he is not yet sharing.
From WND:
With Donald Trump under fire after CNN played an audio recording of the former president allegedly discussing classified documents and "secret" information, top legal analyst Alan Dershowitz is proffering an intriguing question.
"Does the former president know something that he's not yet sharing?"
In a column posted Tuesday by the professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, Dershowitz, a Democrat, said CNN's broadcast of the Trump audio recording raises important questions.
"First, how did CNN acquire the recording, which is part of an ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution?" he wondered. "The only people who should have had access to it were prosecutors, the Trump aides who made the recording, and perhaps the Trump legal defense.
"If prosecutors leaked it, that would almost certainly constitute a crime or at the very least a violation of Justice Department rules. If the Trump defense leaked it without Mr. Trump's permission, that too would raise serious legal and ethical questions."
"Normally defendants are instructed by their lawyers to remain silent before a trial, but here the defendant is running for president and complete silence is not really a political option. So let's see how the Trump teams – both legal and political – handle the most recent disclosure, namely the recording of what appears to be incriminating statements.
"Mr. Trump has already stated that the recording is exculpatory. Perhaps that is wishful thinking, or perhaps the former president knows something that he is not yet sharing."
It's difficult to fathom that Trump would be reckless enough to disclose classified information to the press.
There's surely a lot more to this story that the media is probably desperate to keep under wraps.
