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RainCaster

(10,834 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 05:54 PM Sep 2020

Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an 'Intellectual...

Source: Law & Crime



Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against CNN, claiming the cable news network, together with their hosts and panelists, intentionally created a false narrative about what the famed criminal defense attorney argued while defending the president during impeachment proceedings earlier this year.

Dershowitz’s allegations stem from news coverage of his argument about the kind of quid pro quos a sitting president may engage in while office—provided that the exchange is done with the intent of winning re-election in the public interest and not in violation of some law. While his theory was widely panned by attorneys and legal experts across the media, Dershowitz claimed that CNN intentionally omitted portions of his argument to make it appear as though he was arguing “the exact opposite of what he said.”

The specific exchange at the crux of the controversy came when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked Dershowitz if it mattered whether there was a quid pro quo arrangement in Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

“The only thing that would make a quid pro quo unlawful is if the ‘quo’ were in some way illegal,” Dershowitz responded, saying there were “three possible motives” a political figure could have for their conduct: a motive in the public interest, a motive in his own political interest, and a motive in his own financial interest.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/alan-dershowitz-files-300-million-lawsuit-against-cnn-for-portraying-him-as-an-intellectual-who-had-lost-his-mind/



I like the photo- it shows what a nut job Douche-Witz is.

Although I'm no lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, I think his theories about why DFT is above the law are just plain nuts.
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Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an 'Intellectual... (Original Post) RainCaster Sep 2020 OP
The Onion is so funny.... oh wait, what? C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #1
I too thought it was the Onion or the other Proud liberal 80 Sep 2020 #20
LOL orleans Sep 2020 #31
Someone tell Grandpa Underpants to shut up and quit yelling at clouds (n/t) Moostache Sep 2020 #2
If I were Dershowitz, I'd be concerned with Discovery. no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #3
Hey, Alan, Mr.Bill Sep 2020 #4
He should shut that mouth before any more flies get in. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #5
At this point I think it would be about preventing their escape. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #21
Good luck with that, Alan. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #6
"Re-election in the public interest" wryter2000 Sep 2020 #7
Wonder if he kept his underwear on when filing? brush Sep 2020 #8
He gives a different meaning to the phrase "filing his briefs"........ n/t lastlib Sep 2020 #10
Letter to the Editor in the Martha's Vineyard Times, July 8th Submariner Sep 2020 #9
LOL SunSeeker Sep 2020 #33
How can you sue CNN for defamation when you're an asshole who has already johnnyfins Sep 2020 #11
Obviously he never got paid and is attempting to get rich with this bogus lawsuit. groundloop Sep 2020 #12
I agree with CNN Joinfortmill Sep 2020 #13
Isn't he suppose to be in jail with Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein? ffr Sep 2020 #14
$300 million? PatSeg Sep 2020 #15
LOL -- The Title Of The Thread Cut Off To smb Sep 2020 #16
It would only let me go a few letters beyond that RainCaster Sep 2020 #34
Maybe it's time... Mike Nelson Sep 2020 #17
He should be making license plates. nt SunSeeker Sep 2020 #35
Hmm... Mike Nelson Sep 2020 #36
He should sue the guy that took that photograph! The first thing the defendant's lawyer will do.... George II Sep 2020 #18
Here's the answer in advance, Alan: Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #27
No, he's just a loudmouth pervert who fucked underaged girls at Epsteins pleasure island. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #19
Alan, back in his glory days: Grokenstein Sep 2020 #22
That was scary ass shit when that film came out...Hell, it's still scary Bengus81 Sep 2020 #40
he needs to pay his lawyers... stillcool Sep 2020 #23
Yeah... like that's gonna happen. nt. BlueIdaho Sep 2020 #24
I kind of have to agree with him on this. warmfeet Sep 2020 #25
He is a nut job. Harvard should disavow this scum. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #26
Truly. He has lost his mind. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #30
Divine Right of Kings keeps surfacing in other forms bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #28
The depos will be a hoot...if it gets that far. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #29
OMG - It's BatBoy jmbar2 Sep 2020 #32
Which zombie flick did that picture come from? DBoon Sep 2020 #37
Replaced Donald Southerland in Invasion of the Body snatchers--final minute or so Bengus81 Sep 2020 #39
he is looking more and more like Old Abe... Javaman Sep 2020 #38
Touched by trump Turbineguy Sep 2020 #41

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,587 posts)
6. Good luck with that, Alan.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:06 PM
Sep 2020

1. You're a public figure.
2. CNN was expressing an opinion, which isn't defamation.
3. Truth is an absolute defense.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
7. "Re-election in the public interest"
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:07 PM
Sep 2020

Does his argument rest on the theory that re-electing Trump is in the public interest? Good luck with that.

Submariner

(12,497 posts)
9. Letter to the Editor in the Martha's Vineyard Times, July 8th
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:11 PM
Sep 2020

"Shunner Stunner"

To the Editor:

There will be no cocktail parties on Martha’s Vineyard this summer because of COVID-19. On the positive side, Alan Dershowitz won’t be able to whine about being shunned.

Charles Pinck
Chilmark



I'm looking forward to the shunning stories next summer.

https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/07/08/shunner-stunner/

ffr

(22,665 posts)
14. Isn't he suppose to be in jail with Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein?
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:28 PM
Sep 2020

Sexual predators should be, if they aren't already.

PatSeg

(47,260 posts)
15. $300 million?
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:28 PM
Sep 2020

Is he getting legal advice from Devin Nunes lawyer? I wonder how he determined that CNN's portrayal of him caused $300 million in damages.

Yeah, he is quite the nut job and getting more paranoid every day.

smb

(3,471 posts)
16. LOL -- The Title Of The Thread Cut Off To
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:31 PM
Sep 2020
"Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN for Portraying Him as an 'Intellectual"


If that's the issue, shouldn't we be the ones suing CNN for false advertising or something?

Mike Nelson

(9,944 posts)
17. Maybe it's time...
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:32 PM
Sep 2020

... for his family to do an intervention. He should be gardening and relaxing in a retirement setting.

George II

(67,782 posts)
18. He should sue the guy that took that photograph! The first thing the defendant's lawyer will do....
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:32 PM
Sep 2020

....is perform a cognizant test. The result will cause the judge to throw out the suit.

Evolve Dammit

(16,697 posts)
19. No, he's just a loudmouth pervert who fucked underaged girls at Epsteins pleasure island.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:38 PM
Sep 2020

"in my underwear." Yeah right! Statutory rape. Indict, try and convict FCS.

Bengus81

(6,928 posts)
40. That was scary ass shit when that film came out...Hell, it's still scary
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 04:56 PM
Sep 2020

I think it's up there as one of the scariest moments in a horror film---IMO.

Matthew.....Matthew

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
25. I kind of have to agree with him on this.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:24 PM
Sep 2020

He was never an intellectual.

Also, it's rather difficult to lose something you never had in the first place.

Derp, I mean Dersh.

Whatever all this is, it will come out. Just waiting for the day.

I love to watch them flail, impotently.

bucolic_frolic

(43,044 posts)
28. Divine Right of Kings keeps surfacing in other forms
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:44 PM
Sep 2020

That's the quid pro quo they've tried to pull on us this time around.

SunSeeker

(51,512 posts)
29. The depos will be a hoot...if it gets that far.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 08:22 PM
Sep 2020

When they do discovery on his damages, I can just hear the questions now: "So was your reputation ruined even more than when you admitted you had 14 year old girls "massage" you while you were wearing nothing but tighty whities?"

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