Alan Dershowitz trolled for calling Trump's hush money conviction as 'worst' he's seen in his legal career

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz, during a recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, criticized the guilty verdict in New York against former President Donald Trump.

The legal scholar, who served on Trump's impeachment defense team in 2019, denounced the conviction of the former president on 34 counts of falsifying business records last Thursday, June 6, describing it as one of the worst rulings he has witnessed.

Alan Dershowitz criticizes Trump conviction, calling it 'worst verdict'

Dershowitz responded, "From one to 10, it was a below 20," in response to the host of 'Piers Morgan Uncensored' questioning him about how "sound" the decision was. "It’s the worst legal verdict I’ve seen in 60 years of practicing, writing, litigating [inaudible] cases."

Dershowitz expressed his ambiguity regarding the specific offenses for which Trump was found guilty, Fox News stated.

"I still don’t know what he was convicted of," he said. "Was he convicted of intent to cheat on his taxes two years later, although he didn’t take it as a deduction? Was he convicted of defrauding voters, who obviously knew that he was a sexual scoundrel?"

"Was he convicted of seeking to make an illegal campaign contribution, although the contribution didn’t have to be listed until after the election?" Dershowitz questioned.

"I have never seen a case where, even after the verdict came down, we don’t know what he was convicted of," Dershowitz continued. "No one in history — in history — has ever been convicted of failing to disclose hush money payments paid to somebody."

"Why would anybody pay hush money if they had to disclose it?" he asked. "This is a case where the prosecutor simply decided to get Trump."

What legal experts have to say about?

Recently, other legal experts have echoed similar sentiments.

"Prosecutors got their man, for now at least — but they also contorted the law in an unprecedented manner in their quest to snare their prey," CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig wrote in a New York Magazine column. He called the case "an ill-conceived, unjustified mess."

In a recent segment on Fox News Channel, legal scholar and contributor Jonathan Turley described the trial and conviction as "an abuse" of the justice system.

"I think that people who are fair-minded would say this was a basically popular justice of Manhattan, but it wasn't the justice we look forward to in our legal system," Turley said.

Dershowitz stated that his perspective on the verdict is not influenced by a pro-Trump bias.

"I am not a Trump supporter. I voted against him," he said. "I’m a liberal Democrat, but I care more about the weaponization of the criminal justice system."

Internet claims Trump's verdict was 'best'

As soon as the news went viral on Facebook, users started reacting to it. One said, "Best legal verdict anyone has seen Clean sweep unanimous on all 34 The evidence was so clear and overwhelming"

Another user added, "Wow! Americans themselves don't believe in their justice system. So, stop preaching to other countries."

The third commentator stated, "A so called legal expert who went off the rails for Trump. He is a person who should get no respect just like the former disgraced mayor of New York."

"Always respect jury verdict all these so called famous lawyers should remain this golden rule," a person suggested.

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