Monday, 14 January 2019 12:18 PM
The job for a prosecutor, including special counsel Robert Mueller, is not to issue reports about "noncriminal conduct," Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz argued Monday, while discussing The New York Times report the FBI launched an investigation in May 2017 that included a look at whether President Donald Trump was trying to help Russia.
"A report by a special prosecutor is worthless, except if it has corroboration or if it indicts," Dershowitz told Fox News' "America's Newsroom." "They only hear one side of the issue. They don't hear evidence that is exculpatory. They don't allow cross-examination."
According to the Times, Mueller took over the FBI's inquiry into Trump when he took charge of the investigation into Russia and the 2016 election, and said it is "unclear" whether he is still pursuing the investigation.
Dershowitz argued it was not up to Mueller or any other prosecutor to take over the investigation into Trump himself, as it was not a "criminal investigation" intended to be used for filing charges.
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