Harold Hutchison
Reporter
August 04, 2023 7:48 PM ET
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said Friday the prosecution of former President Donald Trump over contesting the 2020 election “looks like banana republic land” in response to reports that President Joe Biden has grown frustrated over the slow pace of the Department of Justice’s investigation.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges during his Thursday arraignment after Special Counsel Jack Smith secured a four-count indictment of Trump relating to his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election after Smith previously secured a 37-count indictment against Trump in June based on an investigation into allegations surrounding classified documents. The New York Times reported that Biden expressed frustration with the pace of the probe into Trump, telling close associates that Trump was a threat to democracy and needed to be prosecuted by the Justice Department.
“President Biden urged his attorney general to indict the man who he knew was going to be the leading opponent if against him,” Dershowitz told David Asman, who guest-hosted “Kudlow” on Fox Business Network. “That begins to look like banana republic land. That’s what happens when people in power are afraid of the democratic process. What they do is they seek the indictment and prosecution of the people who are running against them.”
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