Forbes Magazine: Alan Dershowitz: ''What Are The Odds Of An Appeal Being Successful' For Donald Trump?'

Source:Forbes Magazine- Is Alan Dershowitz lobbying for be Donald J. Trump's next defense lawyer? Mr. Trump sure as hell needs a good defense lawyer.

"On "Forbes Newsroom," attorney Alan Dershowitz spoke about former President Trump's civil fraud trial in NYC." 

From Forbes Magazine

Why is it every time that Alan Dershowitz speaks about anything now, I get the urge to ask him: "But seriously Mr. Dershowitz, now tell me what you really think about that." I mean just 8-10 years ago he was considered one of the most respected law professors and defense attorneys in the entire country. A man who could even help get O.J. Simpson off for a double murder that he obviously committed. Now he just sounds like the defense spokesman for Donald Trump. If he wants to work for Mr. Trump, I'm sure he knows who to call and has that number.

I'm going to take up two points that Alan Dershowitz made here.

The first one being that if Donald Trump could get his case appealed in a Federal court, he could get the New York State fraud conviction against him overturned. As David Clay Johnston said, which is linked to a video on The New Democrat: 

"This is a civil case that Trump could only appeal on matters of law. They will appeal and will be ignored on anything that has to do with the law. States get to decide who gets to run a business under state law, not the Federal Government." 

So to sum up: this is not a Federal issue. I'm old enough to remember when Republicans believed in localism and federalism, which is another way of saying local control and states rights. Mr. Trump is being sued as private citizen Donald Trump, by the State of New York. Not as the President of the United States, which thank God he's no longer President. 

The 2nd issue that Mr. Dershowitz brought up here (and I was trying not to laugh when I heard him say that) was there are no victims in this New York fraud case against Donald Trump. Last time I checked, people work at, run, and own private banks in America. (As Socialists may hate hearing that and disagree with it) Banks in New York have been getting screwed by Donald Trump for years. And Donald Trump is being prosecuted for violating New York financial laws. If ordinary Joe's and Mary's can be prosecuted for financial fraud, so can a self-proclaimed billionaire like Donald Trump.

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