Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Sunday on Newsmax that if he were former President Donald Trump, he wouldn't be optimistic about the outcome of his trial in Manhattan, as he would not get a fair trial with the jury that has been picked.
Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Sunday on Newsmax that if he were former President Donald Trump , he wouldn't be optimistic about the outcome of his trial in Manhattan , as he would not get a fair trial with the jury that has been picked.
The jury is a "typical group of New Yorkers," he added, saying that if a fair trial is being sought for Trump, the proceedings must be moved elsewhere, such as Rockland County or Staten Island, "but you don't have it in Manhattan." The jury is also there to determine facts, but there's "no crime" in the allegations that Trump used his business records to hide hush money payments before his first election, said Dershowitz. "You're entitled to criticize a witness in public," he said. "You're entitled to criticize the judge's daughter who may be making money every time the judge rules in favor of the prosecution, so that's unconstitutional.
"The law permits the judge to rule that he can leave the court on any given day and waive his rights ... the defendant has the right to be there clearly, but he also has the right not to be there if he chooses, and the state can't interfere with that," he said.
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