Alan Dershowitz argues ‘stupid’ GOP efforts to impeach Rod Rosenstein will help Democrats impeach Trump
by Caitlin Yilek
| July 26, 2018 10:34 AM
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Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz slammed the efforts of almost a dozen House Republicans to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, saying they are laying the groundwork for Democrats to impeach President Trump just because they “disagree with what he has done.â€
Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced Wednesday they had filed a resolution with nine other colleagues to impeach Rosenstein, accusing the second ranking Justice Department official of trying to stymie congressional oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
The resolution was filed as a non-privileged motion, meaning House Speaker Paul Ryan would have to approve it for a vote on the House floor. But Meadows said they could instead file it as a privileged motion, requiring a vote on the House floor within two days.
“It is the most shortsighted, and I have to say, stupid thing I have heard in a long time,†Dershowitz told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom†on Thursday.
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