‘Creating Thought Crimes Out Of A President’s Motives Would Create A Serious Constitutional Conflict

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Dershowitz added that investigators appear to be trying to "create crimes" out of what was initially supposed to be a collusion investigation:

It is supposed to be about collusion, but of course they soon discovered that collusion is not a crime, and so they are now trying to create crimes out of the way the president allegedly defended himself against the charges of collusion. It's a typical prosecutorial tactic. You can't get them for the substantive crime, so you get them for the alleged cover up or obstruction.​

The legal scholar warned, however, that such a path could be dangerous:

It would create a constitutional crisis and a separation of powers issue if a president was ever charged with merely exercising his constitutional authority because the prosecutor didn't approve of his motive. Everybody has mixed motives, and to start creating thought crimes out of a president's motives would create a serious constitutional conflict.​

Alan Dershowitz: ‘Creating Thought Crimes Out Of A President’s Motives Would Create A Serious Constitutional Conflict’

 

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Dershowitz added that investigators appear to be trying to "create crimes" out of what was initially supposed to be a collusion investigation:

It is supposed to be about collusion, but of course they soon discovered that collusion is not a crime, and so they are now trying to create crimes out of the way the president allegedly defended himself against the charges of collusion. It's a typical prosecutorial tactic. You can't get them for the substantive crime, so you get them for the alleged cover up or obstruction.​

The legal scholar warned, however, that such a path could be dangerous:

It would create a constitutional crisis and a separation of powers issue if a president was ever charged with merely exercising his constitutional authority because the prosecutor didn't approve of his motive. Everybody has mixed motives, and to start creating thought crimes out of a president's motives would create a serious constitutional conflict.​

Alan Dershowitz: ‘Creating Thought Crimes Out Of A President’s Motives Would Create A Serious Constitutional Conflict’

I surprised they haven't charged Trump for polluting the Potomac river for flushing the White House toilet......every week they have a new "thing"