Alan Dershowitz Debunks Anti-Trump “Treason” Allegations

Donald Trump Jr. appeared on Hannity on July 11th to address the allegations surrounding his emails coordinating a meeting with Russians to dig up dirty on Hillary Clinton.

The emails shared by the younger Trump showed a message from a Russia-linked promoter promising information that would “incriminate” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. These emails were allegedly “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”

And right on cue, the rest of the media used this revelation to add some more fuel to the dying fire that is the “Trump/Russia” story. But is there anything there? Did Trump Jr. break any laws, or commit “treason,” as some have claimed?

Nope.

Liberal lawyer Alan Dershowitz sees smoke but believes only a smoke machine — not a fire — is responsible.

During an appearance on Fox News over the weekend, the Harvard Law professor disputed many claims made last week about Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer, claims that labeled the meeting illegal or said it proved so-called collusion.

The New York Times ignited controversy earlier this month when they reported on the Trump Jr. meeting, which took place in June 2016 at Trump Tower. Other high level Trump campaign officials, Jared Kushner and then-campaign manager Paul Manafort, were in attendance, along with a former Soviet counterintelligence officer, a translator and a mystery person.

The meeting was allegedly convened so that Trump Jr. could obtain “high-level” information that might prove damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Trump Jr. alleges he dismissed any information shared during the meeting.

However, that hasn’t stopped Democrats and others from saying the Trump campaign violated federal election laws that bar campaigns from receiving things of “value” from foreign governments or organizations. Many have alleged that information falls in that category.

H/T The Blaze

And of course, Dershowitz disagrees. “If it were to be prosecuted, the First Amendment would trump. A candidate has the right to get information from whatever source the information comes. It’s very much like the New York Times publishing the Pentagon Papers story or the Washington Post publishing information stolen by [Edward] Snowden and [Chelsea] Manning,” Dershowitz said. “You don’t prosecute the newspaper, they have a First Amendment right. And you don’t prosecute the candidate or the candidate’s son. They have a First Amendment right to get the material.”

Well, that settles it. If a Harvard Law professor doesn’t think Trump Jr. is guilty of treason, it’s hard to see how the case can still be made.

Perhaps Democrats should let the Russia issue go, and move forward with fixing their party. Judging for all the special elections Democrats have lost under Trump, it seems they have a lot of work to do in rebuilding.

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