Alan Dershowitz: 'no realistic possibility' Donald Trump will be federally indicted after presidency
By Andrew Blake| The Washington Times
President Trump‘s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz Saturday shot down Democratic suggestions President Trump could be criminally charged in a federal indictment unsealed after his administration ends.
Mr.Dershowitz, who represented Mr. Trump during the impeachment proceedings brought against the president, said during a TV interview “there is no realistic possibility the president will be indicted.”
Appearing on the Newsmax channel, Mr. Dershowitz, a constitutional law expert, later added Mr. Trump might potentially face state charges but suggested that would be a stretch.
“I don’t think they will find anything to indict him for,” said Mr. Dershowitz. “I certainly hope he doesn’t get indicted. That’s what banana republics do. They indict their presidents after the presidents lose an election. So let the president go on, let him finish his term.”
Mr. Trump is set to be succeeded by President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Jan. 20, at which point he will no longer be protected by precedent barring a sitting president from facing federal prosecution.
Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice‘s investigation of the 2016 election, argued earlier this week that Mr. Trump recently committed a crime and could be charged soon.
