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guillaumeb

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:42 PM Jan 2020

Let us examine Alan Dershowitz's "multiple motive" theory.

First, I am not a lawyer, nor am I a Constitutional scholar. Fox News will never have me as a guest to explain the intricacies of the House impeachment case against Donald Trump. So please take all of what I write as my personal, common sense opinion of this novel theory put forth by Alan Dershowitz. The multiple motive theory.

Allow me to present a very few examples, and please, DU readers, tell me how this appears to you.

Yes, your Honor, I did rob that bank, but my child needed an operation and I had no money.

Yes, your Honor, I did steal that car, but I really needed to get to the airport to meet my elderly mother.

Yes, your Honor, I did shoot my neighbor's dog, but he (the dog, not the neighbor) would not stop barking.



Did Dershowitz really expect to be taken seriously when he spoke this nonsense?

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Let us examine Alan Dershowitz's "multiple motive" theory. (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2020 OP
Excellent examples... just makes good common sense!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #1
But in Trump world, and GOP world, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #2
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