Donald Trump indicted: Lawyer Alan Dershowitz points to ‘one page of concern’
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Attorney Alan Dershowitz shared his analysis of former President Donald Trump’s 49-page indictment since its release on Friday.
“There’s only one page that has anything of substance to it,” Dershowitz said during his second television appearance Friday on Fox News’ Kudlow. The page includes evidence submitted by a writer and publisher who were in the process of drafting a book on Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Both visited the former president at The Bedminster Club in New Jersey in July 2021, and made Trump aware they would be recording their interactions.
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“The one page that’s of concern, obviously, if it’s true, is the tape recording that was made of a conversation ex-President Trump had with a writer who was writing a book about Meadows, in which he said: ‘look, I have these documents. They’re secret. I could have declassified them when I was president, but I didn’t,'” Dershowitz explained. “And then either shows it to him or shows him that he has it.”
Previously, the emeritus Harvard professor had said that a case against Trump needed to “be at least as strong as the case against Richard Nixon,” but appeared “weak” when the news first broke. Dershowitz went on to provide legal advice during his television interview.
“This is the one that should be worrisome to the president, and he may have an answer for it. He may be able to say: ‘Look, I was just showing off a little bit. I didn’t really have them read the document. I just flashed them in front of their eyes to show them, look, I’m the former president, and what I’m telling you is true. These documents prove it,'” Dershowitz said.
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The latest indictment against the former president includes 37 federal charges surrounding accusations that Trump mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House.
Trump is set to appear in court on Tuesday, June 13, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.