Dershowitz Calls on Trump to Withdraw Request For Clinton Special Counsel

.@AlanDersh: President Trump is not saying he’s above the law – he’s saying the law gives him certain authority pic.twitter.com/VGqRKOUWys

— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 7, 2018

Donald Trump quoted Alan Dershowitz during his morning tweets against his political enemies today. But the Harvard Law Professor Emeritus says that if the president really respects his legal opinion, there’s a few other things he should keep in mind.

Dershowitz was on Fox & Friends today, where he criticized Robert Mueller‘s special counsel again and defended Trump from media criticisms of his statement about having the “absolute right” to pardon himself. Dershowitz is one of the most beloved recurring characters on Trump’s favorite show, so the president quoted him today as he blasted the Russia investigation for the zillionth time:

Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor: “It all proves that we never needed a Special Counsel….All of this could have been done by the Justice Dept. Don’t need a multi-million dollar group of people with a target on someone’s back. Not the way Justice should operate.” So true!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018

Dershowitz noticed Trump’s tweet, and he’s now saying that if the president were to have legal consistency, he should come out and say that a special counsel investigation into Hillary Clinton is just as unconstitutional as an investigation into himself.

If @realDonaldTrump agrees with me , he should withdraw his request for a special counsel to investigate Clinton. Neutral principles. https://t.co/NPJkJ4imvT

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) June 7, 2018

I appreciate @realDonaldTrump agreeing with my position on special counsel. To be consistent, he should withdraw his demand for a special counsel to investigate Clinton. If he thinks special counsel is unconstitutional, it is as unconstitutional for her as for him.

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) June 7, 2018

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